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Merge pull request 2094 from juergenhoetzel/password-command

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Add support for reading password from external command
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Alexander Neumann
2019-01-06 21:14:52 +01:00
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@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ using a local repository; the remaining sections of this chapter cover all the
other options. You can skip to the next chapter once you've read the relevant
section here.
For automated backups, restic accepts the repository location in the
environment variable ``RESTIC_REPOSITORY``. For the password, several options
exist:
* Setting the environment variable ``RESTIC_PASSWORD``
* Specifying the path to a file with the password via the option
``--password-file`` or the environment variable ``RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE``
* Configuring a program to be called when the password is needed via the
option ``--password-command`` or the environment variable
``RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND``
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@@ -41,11 +54,6 @@ command and enter the same password twice:
Remembering your password is important! If you lose it, you won't be
able to access data stored in the repository.
For automated backups, restic accepts the repository location in the
environment variable ``RESTIC_REPOSITORY``. The password can be read
from a file (via the option ``--password-file`` or the environment variable
``RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE``) or the environment variable ``RESTIC_PASSWORD``.
SFTP
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