documentation for use of hashed passwords

Everything but the actual coding to support them.

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 12 deletions

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # NAME
 
-ikiwiki-transition - transition ikiwiki pages to new syntaxes
+ikiwiki-transition - transition ikiwiki pages to new syntaxes, etc
 
 # SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ ikiwiki-transition type ...
 
 # DESCRIPTION
 
-`ikiwiki-transition` aids in converting ikiwiki pages when
-there's a major change in ikiwiki syntax.
+`ikiwiki-transition` aids in converting wiki pages when
+there's a major change in ikiwiki syntax. It also handles other transitions
+not involving wiki pages.
 
-Currently only one such transition is handled, the `prefix_directives` mode
-converts the specified ikiwiki page from the old preprocessor directive
-syntax, requiring a space, to the new syntax, prefixed by '!'.
+# prefix_directives
+
+The `prefix_directives` mode converts the specified ikiwiki page from
+the old preprocessor directive syntax, requiring a space, to the new
+syntax, prefixed by '!'.
 
 Preprocessor directives which already use the new syntax will remain
 unchanged.
@@ -22,14 +25,27 @@ Note that if the page contains wiki links with spaces, which some
 older versions of ikiwiki accepted, the prefix_directives transition will
 treat these as preprocessor directives and convert them.
 
-One other transition is handled, the `indexdb` mode handles converting
-a plain text `.ikiwiki/index` file to a binary `.ikiwiki/indexdb`. In this
-mode, you should specify the srcdir of the wiki as the second parameter.
-You do not normally need to run `ikiwiki-transition indexdb`; ikiwiki will
-automatically run it as necessary.
+# indexdb
+
+The `indexdb` mode handles converting a plain text `.ikiwiki/index` file to
+a binary `.ikiwiki/indexdb`. In this mode, you should specify the srcdir of
+the wiki as the second parameter. You do not normally need to run
+`ikiwiki-transition indexdb`; ikiwiki will automatically run it as
+necessary.
+
+# hashpassword
+
+The `hashpassword` mode forces any plaintext passwords stored in the
+`.ikiwiki/userdb` file to be replaced with password hashes. (The
+Authen::Passphrase perl module is needed to do this.) In this mode, you
+should specify the srcdir of the wiki as the second parameter. 
+
+If this is not done explicitly, a user's plaintext password will be
+automatically converted to a hash when a user logs in for the first time
+after upgrade to ikiwiki 2.48.
 
 # AUTHOR
 
-Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
+Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>, Joey Hess <joey@ikiwiki.info>
 
 Warning: this page is automatically made into ikiwiki-transition's man page, edit with care