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doc: add disable saving roundup-admin history file for password changes
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:44:42 -0400
parents 94eed885e958
children de1dac9abcb6
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2149 admin password. If you want to initialise a tracker non-interactively 2149 admin password. If you want to initialise a tracker non-interactively
2150 you can put the initialise command and password on the command 2150 you can put the initialise command and password on the command
2151 line. But this allows others on the host to see the password (using 2151 line. But this allows others on the host to see the password (using
2152 the ps command). To initialise a tracker non-interactively without 2152 the ps command). To initialise a tracker non-interactively without
2153 exposing the password, create a file (e.g init_tracker) set to mode 2153 exposing the password, create a file (e.g init_tracker) set to mode
2154 600 (so only the owner can read it) with the contents: 2154 600 (so only the owner can read it) with the contents::
2155 2155
2156 initialise admin_password 2156 initialise admin_password
2157 2157
2158 and feed it to roundup-admin on standard input. E.G. 2158 and feed it to roundup-admin on standard input. E.G.::
2159 2159
2160 cat init_tracker | roundup-admin -i tracker_dir 2160 cat init_tracker | roundup-admin -i tracker_dir -P history_features=2
2161
2162 setting the pragma ``history_features=2`` prevents storing the command
2163 in the user's history file.
2161 2164
2162 (for more details see https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2550789.) 2165 (for more details see https://issues.roundup-tracker.org/issue2550789.)
2163 2166
2164 .. index:: ! roundup-admin; usage in scripts 2167 .. index:: ! roundup-admin; usage in scripts
2165 2168

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