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nixos/mosquitto: clarify hashedPassword generation

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unfortunately we cannot use other tools (like mkpasswd) instead of
mosquitto_passwd because mosquitto is incompatible with the standard
crypt format.
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pennae 2022-10-26 18:50:38 +02:00 committed by pennae
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@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ let
default = null; default = null;
description = mdDoc '' description = mdDoc ''
Specifies the hashed password for the MQTT User. Specifies the hashed password for the MQTT User.
To generate hashed password install `mosquitto` To generate hashed password install the `mosquitto`
package and use `mosquitto_passwd`. package and use `mosquitto_passwd`, then extract
the second field (after the `:`) from the generated
file.
''; '';
}; };
@ -68,8 +70,9 @@ let
description = mdDoc '' description = mdDoc ''
Specifies the path to a file containing the Specifies the path to a file containing the
hashed password for the MQTT user. hashed password for the MQTT user.
To generate hashed password install `mosquitto` To generate hashed password install the `mosquitto`
package and use `mosquitto_passwd`. package and use `mosquitto_passwd`, then remove the
`username:` prefix from the generated file.
''; '';
}; };