DOC: config: recommend single quoting passwords
authorLukas Tribus <lukas@ltri.eu>
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:28:55 +0000 (16:28 +0000)
committerChristopher Faulet <cfaulet@haproxy.com>
Wed, 1 Oct 2025 14:44:10 +0000 (16:44 +0200)
commitf95f74caaa864f850616f137422a74dc226ebdbc
treeb741a8097e1db620516281d97cbcb831dfd8a468
parent674118c9f9f7aaaf7f657c5acd43a503e1930763
DOC: config: recommend single quoting passwords

Suggests single quoting passwords and update examples to avoid unexpected
behaviors due to special characters.

Should be backported to stable versions.

Link: https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/enhance-documentation-for-insecure-passwords-and-invald-characters/11959
(cherry picked from commit 9432e7d6887ade0db69947f343c5b5535a33e303)
Signed-off-by: Amaury Denoyelle <adenoyelle@haproxy.com>
(cherry picked from commit 456d7dc170fd4a3e6541cc5816810f398efe2d07)
[cf: context adjustment]
Signed-off-by: Christopher Faulet <cfaulet@haproxy.com>
(cherry picked from commit 99dc78982db90181de548a9051e21069628ec6c5)
Signed-off-by: Christopher Faulet <cfaulet@haproxy.com>
doc/configuration.txt