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authorDolph Mathews <dolph.mathews@gmail.com>2012-07-13 14:54:24 -0500
committerDolph Mathews <dolph.mathews@gmail.com>2012-07-13 14:54:27 -0500
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Secure password prompt (docs)
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@@ -66,14 +66,17 @@ The 'password flow' variation is most commonly used::
export OS_AUTH_URL=<url-to-openstack-identity>
export OS_TENANT_NAME=<tenant-name>
export OS_USERNAME=<user-name>
- export OS_PASSWORD=<password> # yes, it isn't secure, we'll address it in the future
+ export OS_PASSWORD=<password> # (optional)
The corresponding command-line options look very similar::
--os-auth-url <url>
--os-tenant-name <tenant-name>
--os-username <user-name>
- --os-password <password>
+ [--os-password <password>]
+
+If a password is not provided above (in plaintext), you will be interactively
+prompted to provide one securely.
The token flow variation for authentication uses an already-aquired token
and a URL pointing directly to the service API that presumably was acquired