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Posted to commits@geode.apache.org by db...@apache.org on 2017/10/11 22:02:03 UTC
[geode] branch develop updated: User Guide: Clarified a passage in
the Authentication section.
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new 59a34e4 User Guide: Clarified a passage in the Authentication section.
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commit 59a34e4a14a31233f874c35f767ffc40695e1767
Author: Dave Barnes <db...@pivotal.io>
AuthorDate: Wed Oct 11 15:01:57 2017 -0700
User Guide: Clarified a passage in the Authentication section.
---
.../managing/security/implementing_authentication.html.md.erb | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/geode-docs/managing/security/implementing_authentication.html.md.erb b/geode-docs/managing/security/implementing_authentication.html.md.erb
index c66be1a..ea7e9cd 100644
--- a/geode-docs/managing/security/implementing_authentication.html.md.erb
+++ b/geode-docs/managing/security/implementing_authentication.html.md.erb
@@ -29,14 +29,13 @@ When a component initiates a connection to the distributed system,
the `SecurityManager.authenticate` method is invoked.
The component provides its credentials in the form of properties
as a parameter to the `authenticate` method.
-The credential is presumed to be the two properties:
+The credential is presumed to be the two properties
`security-username` and `security-password`.
The `authenticate` method is expected to either return an object
representing a principal or throw an `AuthenticationFailedException`.
-A well-designed `authenticate` method will have or will have a way of
-obtaining a set of known user and password pairs that can be compared
-to the credential presented.
+A well-designed `authenticate` method will have a set of known user and password pairs that can be
+compared to the credential presented or will have a way of obtaining those pairs.
## How a Server Sets Its Credential
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