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| author | est31 <MTest31@outlook.com> | 2015-12-02 18:26:09 +0100 |
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| committer | est31 <MTest31@outlook.com> | 2015-12-02 18:32:14 +0100 |
| commit | 89168a7ec8fe31715a4ca321a6e0ccb2d4972257 (patch) | |
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Document limitations of minetest.get_password_hash
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diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt index 11f90ba03..4799a30fa 100644 --- a/doc/lua_api.txt +++ b/doc/lua_api.txt @@ -1921,7 +1921,11 @@ Call these functions only at load time! * Should be called by the authentication handler if privileges changes. * To report everybody, set `name=nil`. * `minetest.get_password_hash(name, raw_password)` - * Convert a name-password pair to a password hash that Minetest can use + * Convert a name-password pair to a password hash that Minetest can use. + * The returned value alone is not a good basis for password checks based + * on comparing the password hash in the database with the password hash + * from the function, with an externally provided password, as the hash + * in the db might use the new SRP verifier format. * `minetest.string_to_privs(str)`: returns `{priv1=true,...}` * `minetest.privs_to_string(privs)`: returns `"priv1,priv2,..."` * Convert between two privilege representations |