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| author | Ralf Schlatterbeck <rsc@runtux.com> |
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| date | Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:18:46 +0100 |
| parents | f72ce883e677 |
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| 848 - the "``-u``" command-line option | 848 - the "``-u``" command-line option |
| 849 | 849 |
| 850 If either the name or password is not supplied, they are obtained from | 850 If either the name or password is not supplied, they are obtained from |
| 851 the command-line. | 851 the command-line. |
| 852 | 852 |
| 853 The ``-u user`` setting does not currently operate like a | |
| 854 user logging in via the web. The user running roundup-admin | |
| 855 must have read access to the tracker home directory. As a | |
| 856 result the user has access to the files and the database | |
| 857 info contained in config.ini. | |
| 858 | |
| 859 Using ``-u user`` sets the actor/user parameter in the | |
| 860 journal. Changes that are made are attributed to that | |
| 861 user. The password is ignored if provided. Any existing | |
| 862 username has full access to the data just like the admin | |
| 863 user. This is an area for further development so that | |
| 864 roundup-admin could be used with sudo to provide secure | |
| 865 command line access to a tracker. | |
| 866 | |
| 853 When you initialise a new tracker instance you are prompted for the | 867 When you initialise a new tracker instance you are prompted for the |
| 854 admin password. If you want to initialise a tracker non-interactively | 868 admin password. If you want to initialise a tracker non-interactively |
| 855 you can put the initialise command and password on the command | 869 you can put the initialise command and password on the command |
| 856 line. But this allows others on the host to see the password (using | 870 line. But this allows others on the host to see the password (using |
| 857 the ps command). To initialise a tracker non-interactively without | 871 the ps command). To initialise a tracker non-interactively without |