Fossil SCM

Updated comment about "6-character random hex password" at the top level of the new setup docs to track [23a9f9bac2].

wyoung 2019-08-29 00:28 trunk
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<ol>
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<li><p>Fossil creates only one user in a <a
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href="$ROOT/help?cmd=new">new repository</a> and gives it the <a
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href="../admin-v-setup.md">all-powerful Setup capability</a>. (“s”)
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- The 6-digit random hex password generated for that user is not very strong against
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- remote attack, so because that user has so much power, you should
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+ The 10-digit random password generated for that user is fairly strong
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+ against remote attack, even without explicit password guess rate
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+ limiting, but because that user has so much power, you may want to
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give it a much stronger password under Admin → Users.</a></li>
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<li><p>Run the Admin → Security-Audit tool to verify that other
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security-related permissions and settings are as you want them.
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Consider clicking the “Take it private” link on that page to lock down
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79 <ol>
80 <li><p>Fossil creates only one user in a <a
81 href="$ROOT/help?cmd=new">new repository</a> and gives it the <a
82 href="../admin-v-setup.md">all-powerful Setup capability</a>. (“s”)
83 The 6-digit random hex password generated for that user is not very strong against
84 remote attack, so because that user has so much power, you should
 
85 give it a much stronger password under Admin → Users.</a></li>
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87 <li><p>Run the Admin → Security-Audit tool to verify that other
88 security-related permissions and settings are as you want them.
89 Consider clicking the “Take it private” link on that page to lock down
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--- www/server/index.html
+++ www/server/index.html
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@
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79 <ol>
80 <li><p>Fossil creates only one user in a <a
81 href="$ROOT/help?cmd=new">new repository</a> and gives it the <a
82 href="../admin-v-setup.md">all-powerful Setup capability</a>. (“s”)
83 The 10-digit random password generated for that user is fairly strong
84 against remote attack, even without explicit password guess rate
85 limiting, but because that user has so much power, you may want to
86 give it a much stronger password under Admin → Users.</a></li>
87
88 <li><p>Run the Admin → Security-Audit tool to verify that other
89 security-related permissions and settings are as you want them.
90 Consider clicking the “Take it private” link on that page to lock down
91

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