[pbs-devel] [PATCH docs] PVE integration: Add note about hiding password

Dylan Whyte d.whyte at proxmox.com
Mon Sep 7 17:38:36 CEST 2020


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 at 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 at pbs``.
   # pvesm add pbs store2 --server localhost --datastore store2
   # pvesm set store2 --username user1 at 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






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