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From: Dylan Whyte <d.whyte@proxmox.com>
To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pbs-devel] [PATCH docs] PVE integration: Add note about hiding password
Date: Mon,  7 Sep 2020 17:38:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200907153836.18191-1-d.whyte@proxmox.com> (raw)

Add a note to section "Proxmox VE integration" explaining
how to avoid passing password as plain text when using the
pvesm command.

Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte <d.whyte@proxmox.com>
---
 docs/administration-guide.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/administration-guide.rst b/docs/administration-guide.rst
index 08aaed4a..a8e641cf 100644
--- a/docs/administration-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/administration-guide.rst
@@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ as ``user1@pbs``.
   # pvesm add pbs store2 --server localhost --datastore store2
   # pvesm set store2 --username user1@pbs --password <secret>
 
+.. note:: If you would rather not pass your password as plain text, you can pass
+  the ``--password`` parameter, without any arguments. This will cause the
+  program to prompt you for a password upon entering the command.
+
 If your backup server uses a self signed certificate, you need to add
 the certificate fingerprint to the configuration. You can get the
 fingerprint by running the following command on the backup server:
-- 
2.20.1





             reply	other threads:[~2020-09-07 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-07 15:38 Dylan Whyte [this message]
2020-09-08  4:21 ` [pbs-devel] applied: " Dietmar Maurer

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