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| author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-07-06 15:56:56 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-07-06 15:56:56 -0400 |
| commit | 58f79c12aad3511b70f2233226d3f0afc5214b10 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ec92668278f03d9e99c1008d386b6270694a92d /doc | |
| parent | 9f781db6daaff6f6cbc8d50d57bea0c188d3a0fa (diff) | |
propellor spin
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/security.mdwn | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index 5576bf06..075d68ec 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ Since the propoellor git repository is public, you can't store in cleartext private data such as passwords, ssh private keys, etc. Instead, `propellor --spin $host` looks for a -`~/.propellor/privdata/$host.gpg` file and if found decrypts it and sends -it to the remote host using ssh. This lets a remote host know its own -private data, without seeing all the rest. +`~/.propellor/privdata/privdata.gpg` file and if found decrypts it, +extracts the private that that the $host needs, and sends it to to the +$host using ssh. This lets a host know its own private data, without +seeing all the rest. -To securely store private data, use: `propellor --set $host $field` -The field name will be something like 'Password "root"'; see PrivData.hs -for available fields. +To securely store private data, use: `propellor --set $field $context` +Propellor will tell you the details when you use a Property that needs +PrivData. |
