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authortv <tv@krebsco.de>2026-11-07 22:35:09 +0100
committertv <tv@krebsco.de>2026-11-07 22:35:09 +0100
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The first users come only from --bootstrap-users; the genesis node warns of htpasswd users that aren't among them. Auth plan M1.
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A swarm gets a registry from its start if its genesis node is given its first users,
`--bootstrap-users`: it records them, with the swarm ID, in its first change, each with
-everything (`[]` and `["_continuum"]`), and the other users of its `--htpasswd` with
-`[]`. Without it, the swarm has no registry, and is as swarms were before: users all
-alike (An existing swarm, below), until someone gives it one.
+everything (`[]` and `["_continuum"]`). Other users, of its `--htpasswd` or any node's,
+may do nothing until added (the genesis node warns of those of its `--htpasswd`).
+Without it, the swarm has no registry, and is as swarms were before: users all alike
+(An existing swarm, below), until someone gives it one. `--protocol-writers` counts in
+both: without a registry, as who may write protocol data; with one, to set it right
+should nobody be left who may manage users (Keeping the swarm manageable, below).
## At the HTTP API