From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 980021FF13E for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:19:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 8770C53F9; Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:19:56 +0100 (CET) From: Maximiliano Sandoval To: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com Subject: [PATCH backup 2/2] docs: client: document further password constrains Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:17:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20260220111951.280082-3-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20260220111951.280082-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com> References: <20260220111951.280082-1-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: 1771586381102 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.085 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to Validity was blocked. See https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/20961730681243 for more information. RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to Validity was blocked. See https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/20961730681243 for more information. RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to Validity was blocked. See https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/20961730681243 for more information. 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: YQNRZJ7KQQR7AZ2552B6YM3UUWYMQIYI X-Message-ID-Hash: YQNRZJ7KQQR7AZ2552B6YM3UUWYMQIYI 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: We leave the explicit newlines as "control character" might not mean much anything to some readers. 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 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