From: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH backup v2 2/3] docs: client: document further password constrains
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:38:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260220123818.365489-3-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260220123818.365489-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
We leave the explicit newlines as "control character" might not mean
much anything to some readers.
Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
---
docs/backup-client.rst | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/backup-client.rst b/docs/backup-client.rst
index 40962f0e2..03a383d9c 100644
--- a/docs/backup-client.rst
+++ b/docs/backup-client.rst
@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ Environment Variables
wireguard, instead of using an HTTP proxy.
-.. Note:: Passwords must be valid UTF-8 and may not contain newlines. For your
- convenience, Proxmox Backup Server only uses the first line as password, so
- you can add arbitrary comments after the first newline.
+.. Note:: Passwords must be valid UTF-8 and may not contain newlines or any
+ control characters in general. For your convenience, Proxmox Backup Server
+ only uses the first line as password, so you can add arbitrary comments after
+ the first newline.
System and Service Credentials
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-20 12:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-20 12:38 [PATCH backup v2 0/3] fix #7054: client: remove trailing newlines from credentials Maximiliano Sandoval
2026-02-20 12:38 ` [PATCH backup v2 1/3] " Maximiliano Sandoval
2026-02-20 12:38 ` Maximiliano Sandoval [this message]
2026-02-20 12:38 ` [PATCH backup v2 3/3] client: rename password to blob Maximiliano Sandoval
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