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.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
.
-.TH "TALER-MERCHANT-HTTPD" "1" "Nov 03, 2022" "0.9" "GNU Taler"
+.TH "TALER-MERCHANT-HTTPD" "1" "Apr 16, 2023" "0.9" "GNU Taler"
.SH NAME
taler-merchant-httpd \- run Taler merchant backend (with RESTful API)
.
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fBtaler\-merchant\-httpd\fP
+[\fB\-a**_|_\fP\-\-auth**]
[\fB\-C\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-connection\-close\fP]
[\fB\-c\fP\ \fIFILENAME\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-config=\fP\fIFILENAME\fP]
[\fB\-h\fP\ |\ \fB\-\-help\fP]
@@ -49,9 +50,9 @@ before running this command.
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
\fB\-a\fP \fITOKEN\fP | \fB\-\-auth=\fP\fITOKEN\fP
-Use TOKEN for initial access control to the merchant backend. The value
+Use TOKEN for initial access control to the merchant backend. TOKEN must start with the "secret\-token:" prefix, as per RFC 8959. The value
given in TOKEN must appear in backoffice requests to the default instance
-of the merchant, i.e. "Authorization: Bearer secret\-token:TOKEN" to obtain
+of the merchant, i.e. "Authorization: Bearer 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