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diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt index 03f2dad32..82a0acbee 100644 --- a/doc/lua_api.txt +++ b/doc/lua_api.txt @@ -1951,12 +1951,21 @@ Call these functions only at load time! * `minetest.notify_authentication_modified(name)` * Should be called by the authentication handler if privileges changes. * To report everybody, set `name=nil`. +* `minetest.check_password_entry(name, entry, password)` + * Returns true if the "db entry" for a player with name matches given + * password, false otherwise. + * The "db entry" is the usually player-individual value that is derived + * from the player's chosen password and stored on the server in order to allow + * authentication whenever the player desires to log in. + * Only use this function for making it possible to log in via the password from + * via protocols like IRC, other uses for inside the game are frowned upon. * `minetest.get_password_hash(name, raw_password)` * 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. + * For this purpose, use minetest.check_password_entry instead. * `minetest.string_to_privs(str)`: returns `{priv1=true,...}` * `minetest.privs_to_string(privs)`: returns `"priv1,priv2,..."` * Convert between two privilege representations |