From 540c4883d6f2de25dd38db0c18d59d568cd35f1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dolph Mathews <dolph.mathews@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:54:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Secure password prompt (docs) Change-Id: I879a8aba13318f1dd660a487cbd1fd20c7ae659b --- README.rst | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index a935ef8440..4ea7000d4b 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -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