From 1c1ebb06259ee0fd215faf5c0c4d722bb48ea726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Forster Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:56:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] collectd.conf(5): Add some information about the AuthFile format. --- src/collectd.conf.pod | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod index a3834ff3..ad7cc210 100644 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@ -1651,6 +1651,17 @@ verified and encrypted packets are decrypted. Otherwise, signed data is accepted without checking the signature and encrypted data cannot be decrypted. For the other security levels this option is mandatory. +The file format is very simple: Each line consists of a username followed by a +colon and any number of spaces followed by the password. To demonstrate, an +example file could look like this: + + user0: foo + user1: bar + +Each time a packet is received, the modification time of the file is checked +using L. If the file has been changed, the contents is re-read. While +the file is being read, it is locked using L. + =back =item B I<1-255> -- 2.11.0