From: Christian Ebner <c.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>,
pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH backup v2 2/3] docs: client: document further password constrains
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:58:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3c5eac3f-819c-4e3b-b258-22ae5e2f1f0f@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260220123818.365489-3-m.sandoval@proxmox.com>
On 2/20/26 1:38 PM, Maximiliano Sandoval wrote:
> We leave the explicit newlines as "control character" might not mean
> much anything to some readers.
This is grammatically not correct, you might drop either the "much" or
the "anything"
>
> 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
nit: "... any other control characters." is a bit more concise.
> + only uses the first line as password, so you can add arbitrary comments after
> + the first newline.
>
>
> System and Service Credentials
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-23 7:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ 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
2026-02-23 7:55 ` Christian Ebner
2026-02-23 9:33 ` Maximiliano Sandoval
2026-02-20 12:38 ` [PATCH backup v2 2/3] docs: client: document further password constrains Maximiliano Sandoval
2026-02-23 7:58 ` Christian Ebner [this message]
2026-02-20 12:38 ` [PATCH backup v2 3/3] client: rename password to blob Maximiliano Sandoval
2026-02-23 10:07 ` superseded: [PATCH backup v2 0/3] fix #7054: client: remove trailing newlines from credentials Maximiliano Sandoval
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