Changes between Version 20 and Version 21 of Authentication

Timestamp:

04/08/16 08:20:44 (6 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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Authentication

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+== Module Options ==
+
+Version 0.17 introduces authentication module options so that each authentication module can specify options to configure its behaviour.
+The same module may be used with different types of sockets (tcp-auth vs auth), each with a different set of options.
+For more details see ticket:1159#comment:1.
+
+Some examples:
+* {{{XPRA_PASSWORD=mysecret xpra start --auth=env}}}
+* {{{SOME_OTHER_ENV_VAR_NAME=mysecret xpra start --auth=env:name=SOME_OTHER_ENV_VAR_NAME}}}
+* {{{xpra start --auth=password:value=mysecret}}}
+* {{{xpra start --auth=file:filename=mypasswordfile.txt}}}
+* {{{xpra start --auth=multifile:filename=userlist.txt}}}
+
+The most common used option is the file / multifile filename option, see below.
+}}}
+
+{{{#!div class="box"
 == Password File ==
 
-When used without the [/wiki/ProxyServer Proxy Server], the password file can contain a simple password in plain text.
-[[BR]]
-See [/ProxyServer#FileAuthenticationExtras proxy server file authentication] for more advanced usage.
+In versions before 0.17, the password file could contain a single password or multiple usernames and passwords. This was confusing and error prone, which is why 0.17 has distinct modules for each use case: file and multifile. See #1159 for details.
+
+For more information on the multifile password file format, see [/ProxyServer#FileAuthenticationExtras proxy server file authentication].
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