From 3a9d9da74f55395ead20f3915ed04639e37b2f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tv Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 22:35:09 +0100 Subject: access: bootstrap users only The first users come only from --bootstrap-users; the genesis node warns of htpasswd users that aren't among them. Auth plan M1. --- docs/access.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/access.md') diff --git a/docs/access.md b/docs/access.md index 7a85c94..519113c 100644 --- a/docs/access.md +++ b/docs/access.md @@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ password hashes: every member reads the document). 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 -- cgit v1.3.1