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@@ -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