From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (gate001.proxmox.com [45.144.208.40]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F02EF1FF150 for ; Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:03:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate001.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id C710521446; Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:03:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Maximiliano Sandoval To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Subject: [PATCH backup v4 2/4] docs: client: document further password constrains Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:02:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20260706080246.108256-3-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20260706080246.108256-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> References: <20260706080246.108256-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Bm-Milter-Handled: 55990f41-d878-4baa-be0a-ee34c49e34d2 X-Bm-Transport-Timestamp: 1783324991826 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL -0.000 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment (newer systems) SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Message-ID-Hash: BNZMMNYYQ2IGHKP57DIA7DQPUIFJHP67 X-Message-ID-Hash: BNZMMNYYQ2IGHKP57DIA7DQPUIFJHP67 X-MailFrom: m.sandoval@proxmox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Even though newlines are control characters, we keep them explicitly for ease of understanding. Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval --- 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 e2a05d4fc..cd7488287 100644 --- a/docs/backup-client.rst +++ b/docs/backup-client.rst @@ -168,9 +168,10 @@ 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 character. 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