On Mar 26 2019, Toffer Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > I had some trouble today configuring the authfile. I finally got it working > but I think some clearer documentation for the authfile would make more > sense. > > After creating a authfile, mount.s3ql complained about permissions, > ".s3ql/authinfo2 has insecure permissions, aborting.", without giving any > indication of how to create secure permissions. I found from this thread on > Reddit > <https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/2fo868/guide_how_to_set_up_a_cloud_plex_server_for_as/> > > that I needed to run "chmod 600 ~/.s3ql/authinfo(2)". As far as I cant see, > this is not documented in S3QL's documentation page or man page. Also the > location of the authfile is not documented on the authfile page > <http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/authinfo.html> nor is that page discoverable > if you search "authfile2" on the documentation site.
Thanks for report this! Do you have specific ideas what could be changed? If so, would you be able to submit a pull request (https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql)? > Secondly, the documentation site seems to have some type of strange errors. > I can only open a page if I press "try again" on Firefox each time I go to > a new page. Also http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/authinfo.html works but > https://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/authinfo.html fails, and the latter web > address is the one that Google and DuckDuckGo link to, so none of the > documentation pages are available via those search sites. That's odd indeed. Not sure what to do about it since I can't reproduce it. Also, searching for "s3ql authinfo" on Google links to http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/authinfo.html for me in the first hit (i.e., no https)... Best, Nikolaus -- GPG Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "s3ql" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
