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| author | Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@apache.org> | 2013-05-27 11:12:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Dirkjan Ochtman <djc@apache.org> | 2013-05-27 11:13:14 +0200 |
| commit | 48c1190bc20dc1df32fe62e8480dba78e06ecda6 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e1ebd8493929afac48b8a2009eaef63b64b941d | |
| parent | ad01dcb34f76345dae3031874f995bfb06159a54 (diff) | |
| download | couchdb-48c1190bc20dc1df32fe62e8480dba78e06ecda6.tar.gz | |
docs: rewrite sentence about HTTP admins interface
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/src/configuring.rst | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/src/configuring.rst b/share/doc/src/configuring.rst index 231de4d0f..4b8bb11c9 100644 --- a/share/doc/src/configuring.rst +++ b/share/doc/src/configuring.rst @@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ appropriately secured and readable only by system administrators. architect = -pbkdf2-43ecbd256a70a3a2f7de40d2374b6c3002918834,921a12f74df0c1052b3e562a23cd227f,10000 Administrators can be added directly to the ``[admins]`` section, and when -CouchDB is restarted, the passwords will be salted and encrypted. By using -the HTTP, administrator accounts may be created immediately without needing -a restart, nor of storing the plaintext password temporarily. The HTTP -``_config/admins`` endpoint supports querying, deleting or creating new -administrator accounts: +CouchDB is restarted, the passwords will be salted and encrypted. You may +also use the HTTP interface to create administrator accounts; this way, +you don't need to restart CouchDB, and there's no need to temporarily store +or transmit passwords in plaintext. The HTTP ``_config/admins`` endpoint +supports querying, deleting or creating new admin accounts: .. code-block:: bash |