From 86058a4a205e6a6b06190b8ccb827c6dbdced1bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Magnus Holmgren Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:33:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added some index entries for the "hide" option (or option prefix). Closes: bug 524. --- doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index d04a8fe93..9091e60ec 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.22 2007/07/20 17:06:15 jetmore Exp $ +. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.23 2007/08/25 12:33:01 magnus Exp $ . . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is @@ -2938,6 +2938,7 @@ arguments, for example: .code exim -bP qualify_domain hold_domains .endd +.oindex "&%hide%&" However, any option setting that is preceded by the word &"hide"& in the configuration file is not shown in full, except to an admin user. For other users, the output is as in this example: @@ -4749,6 +4750,9 @@ space) and then the value. For example: .code qualify_domain = mydomain.example.com .endd +.oindex "&%hide%&" +.cindex "configuration file" "hiding sensitive data" +.cindex "options" "hiding from extraction" Some option settings may contain sensitive data, for example, passwords for accessing databases. To stop non-admin users from using the &%-bP%& command line option to read these values, you can precede the option settings with the -- 2.30.2