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Document limitations of minetest.get_password_hash
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Expand Up @@ -1921,7 +1921,11 @@ Call these functions only at load time!
* Should be called by the authentication handler if privileges changes.
* To report everybody, set `name=nil`.
* `minetest.get_password_hash(name, raw_password)`
* Convert a name-password pair to a password hash that Minetest can use
* Convert a name-password pair to a password hash that Minetest can use.
* The returned value alone is not a good basis for password checks based
* on comparing the password hash in the database with the password hash
* from the function, with an externally provided password, as the hash
* in the db might use the new SRP verifier format.
* `minetest.string_to_privs(str)`: returns `{priv1=true,...}`
* `minetest.privs_to_string(privs)`: returns `"priv1,priv2,..."`
* Convert between two privilege representations
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