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Nils Goroll
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Improve documentation on the secret file
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@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Basic options
could later be accessed remotely, starting `varnishd` requires
local privileges.
.. _opt_n:
-n name
Specify the name for this instance. This name is used to construct
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@@ -205,8 +207,16 @@ Security options
-S secret-file
Path to a file containing a secret used for authorizing access to
the management port. If not provided a new secret will be drawn
from the system PRNG. To disable authentication use ``none``.
the management port. To disable authentication use ``none``.
If this argument is not provided, a secret drawn from the system
PRNG will be written to a file called ``_.secret`` in the working
directory (see `opt_n`_) with default ownership and permissions of
the user having started varnish.
Thus, users wishing to delegate control over varnish will probably
want to create a custom secret file with appropriate permissions
(ie. readable by a unix group to delegate control to).
-j <jail[,jailoptions]>
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