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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index f2e4a47ebe..4d13367c77 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -118,13 +118,11 @@ for example: myuser:$1$BA)@$vbnMJMDym7tA32AamXrm./ ------ You can use the 'htpasswd' facility that comes with Apache to make these -files, but Apache's MD5 crypt method differs from the one used by most C -library's crypt() function, so don't use the -m option. +files, but only with the -d option (or -B if your system suports it). -Alternatively you can produce the password with perl's crypt() operator: ------ - perl -e 'my ($user, $pass) = @ARGV; printf "%s:%s\n", $user, crypt($user, $pass)' $USER password ------ +Preferably use the system specific utility that manages password hash +creation in your platform (e.g. mkpasswd in Linux, encrypt in OpenBSD or +pwhash in NetBSD) and paste it in the right location. Then provide your password via the pserver method, for example: ------ |