From: Wayne Davison Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:31:58 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Mention that only the first line of a password-file is used. X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/6437b817c0023cf54f4054e25b7f7947084a1048 Mention that only the first line of a password-file is used. --- diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 5eb69ee1..4333f903 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -2163,7 +2163,8 @@ order to use bf(--info=progress2).) dit(bf(--password-file)) This option allows you to provide a password in a file for accessing an rsync daemon. The file must not be world readable. -It should contain just the password as a single line. +It should contain just the password as the first line of the file (all +other lines are ignored). This option does not supply a password to a remote shell transport such as ssh; to learn how to do that, consult the remote shell's documentation.