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authorSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2011-01-05 17:59:59 +0000
committerSimon MacMullen <simon@rabbitmq.com>2011-01-05 17:59:59 +0000
commit22f6a28f45390e46b0450cd8da1e969e3275c6d1 (patch)
treefcd58e1b752fce805bbe21ef08181741a594a899
parent8f124ea33aea9bafae9abbbf1778604c5666f7e7 (diff)
downloadrabbitmq-server-22f6a28f45390e46b0450cd8da1e969e3275c6d1.tar.gz
Explain that rabbitmqctl only touches the internal user database.
-rw-r--r--docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml b/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml
index 01ddd4c1..9df4c1a8 100644
--- a/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml
+++ b/docs/rabbitmqctl.1.xml
@@ -398,7 +398,12 @@
<refsect2>
<title>User management</title>
-
+ <para>
+ Note that <command>rabbitmqctl</command> manages the RabbitMQ
+ internal user database. Users from any alternative
+ authentication backend will not be visible
+ to <command>rabbitmqctl</command>.
+ </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>add_user</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>username</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>password</replaceable></arg></cmdsynopsis></term>
@@ -544,7 +549,12 @@
<refsect2>
<title>Access control</title>
-
+ <para>
+ Note that <command>rabbitmqctl</command> manages the RabbitMQ
+ internal user database. Permissions for users from any
+ alternative authorisation backend will not be visible
+ to <command>rabbitmqctl</command>.
+ </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><cmdsynopsis><command>add_vhost</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>vhostpath</replaceable></arg></cmdsynopsis></term>