Redacted passwords on the Control API

[scinetiq]

I previously changed user passwords using the Control API (Global Config PATCH). I used to do this by updating the user "pass" value in authInternalUsers for the specific user and then patched it back to take effect.

In a recent release, the password is now redacted. So the "pass" value for each user is "". So if I then patch authInternalUsers back to the server, it's literally updating all user passwords to "".

Please help to update authInternalUsers without overwriting the "pass" key for all users that don't need to be changed.

I tried removing the "pass" key from all users that didn't require a password change, but MediaMTX then makes all the passwords blank "". Please assist.

[aler9]

Hello, we will improve the config/global/patch endpoint in order not to replace passwords when their value is "<redacted>", which is the one returned by config/global/get.

[aler9]

implemented in #6292