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Fix password documentation

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The old parameter was used in some examples and no note about its removal
was in the parameter.
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Markus Mäkelä
2018-11-04 21:22:40 +02:00
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Documentation/Getting-Started/Configuration-Guide.md
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@ -946,14 +946,14 @@ servers=server1,server2,server3
#### `user`
The user parameter, along with the passwd parameter are used to define the
The user parameter, along with the password parameter are used to define the
credentials used to connect to the backend servers to extract the list of
database users from the backend database that is used for the client
authentication.
```
user=maxscale
passwd=Mhu87p2D
password=Mhu87p2D
```
Authentication of incoming connections is performed by MariaDB MaxScale itself
@ -1002,7 +1002,6 @@ GRANT SELECT ON mysql.* TO 'maxscale'@'maxscalehost';
See [MaxScale Troubleshooting](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-enterprise/maxscale-troubleshooting/)
for more information on how to troubleshoot authentication related problems.
<a id="passwd"></a>
#### `password`
The password parameter provides the password information for the above user and
@ -1016,6 +1015,10 @@ statements to load database names and grants from the backends:
* `SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA`
* `SELECT GRANTEE,PRIVILEGE_TYPE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.USER_PRIVILEGES`
**Note:** In older versions of MaxScale this parameter was called `passwd`. The
parameter was deprecated in MaxScale 2.2 and support for it was dropped in
2.3.0.
#### `enable_root_user`
This parameter controls the ability of the root user to connect to MariaDB
@ -1274,14 +1277,14 @@ monitoruser=mymonitoruser
#### `monitorpw`
The monitor has a username and password that is used to connect to all servers
for monitoring purposes, this may be overridden by supplying a monpasswd
statement for the individual servers.
for monitoring purposes, this may be overridden by supplying a `monitorpw`
for the individual servers.
```
monitorpw=mymonitorpasswd
```
The monpasswd parameter may be either a plain text password or it may be an
The `monitorpw` parameter may be either a plain text password or it may be an
encrypted password. See the section on encrypting passwords for use in the
maxscale.cnf file.
@ -1801,7 +1804,7 @@ signal to the MariaDB MaxScale process or execute `reload config` in the
The following list of service parameters can be updated at runtime.
* user
* passwd
* password
* enable_root_user
* max_connections
* connection_timeout