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author | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2021-01-31 22:22:33 +0100 |
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committer | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2021-01-31 22:22:33 +0100 |
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diff --git a/manpages/taler-merchant-httpd.1.rst b/manpages/taler-merchant-httpd.1.rst index 1b2337a6..126e8451 100644 --- a/manpages/taler-merchant-httpd.1.rst +++ b/manpages/taler-merchant-httpd.1.rst @@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ before running this command. Options ======= +**-a** *TOKEN* \| **––auth=**\ \ *TOKEN* + Use TOKEN for initial access control to the merchant backend. The value + given in TOKEN must appear in backoffice requests to the default instance + of the merchant, i.e. "Authorization: secret-token:TOKEN" to obtain + access to the merchant backend. Note that setting a passphrase for the + default instance by any means will block future access via TOKEN. This + is basically a way to reset the passphrase protecting access. TOKEN + should be a "pchar" as per RFC 8959, but this is NOT checked. Note that + TOKEN will only grant access to the 'default' instance, not other instances. + Instead of using the command-line, which exposes TOKEN to users on the + system, you may want to consider setting the + TALER_MERCHANT_TOKEN environment variable instead. + **-C** \| **––connection-close** Force each HTTP connection to be closed after each request (useful in combination with -f to avoid having to wait for nc to @@ -68,6 +81,14 @@ SIGTERM cleanly. +Environment Variables +===================== + +TALER_MERCHANT_TOKEN + Like the "-a" option, resets the access token for the default + instance to the given value. + + See Also ======== |