On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 5:20:13 AM UTC-7, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > > On Mar 26 2019, Toffer Lloyd <[email protected] <javascript:>> 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)? > > Something as simple as adding that required information to the documentation site at http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/authinfo.html It would also be great if the error message simply stated that that command was required. The documentation site could also explain why it is required, (So that only you could read the file that has your passwords in it).
Also, it seems that the search on the documentation site only finds exact matches. So if you search "authinfo2", the file name mentioned in the error message, you won't find http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/authinfo.html because it only contain the word "authinfo". So, basically I guess http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/authinfo.html just needs to be updated with the word "authinfo2" somewhere, some information on where the file should be located is included, and a message on how to set permissions on the file so that it is safe is added. Ideally the error message either includes this information or links to the documentation. > > > 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)... > I see that Google is now linking to the http site but DuckDuckGo still links to https. Internal links are once again working, no refresh needed. However, I'm still getting a 404 message on the https site <https://screenshots.firefox.com/bzS7FLUljdyAE3lp/www.rath.org> using multiple browsers on multiple devices, using multiple ISPs. Hopefully it's just me for some reason. No https everywhere extension is being used. 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.
