BotPasswords (i.e. Special:BotPasswords) are only fully supported via the password_file parameter in user-config.py.
It would therefore be nice if generate_user_files.py could support this too.
BotPasswords (i.e. Special:BotPasswords) are only fully supported via the password_file parameter in user-config.py.
It would therefore be nice if generate_user_files.py could support this too.
Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
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[IMPR] Add BotPasswords in generate_user_files.py | pywikibot/core | master | +98 -11 |
Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
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Resolved | Framawiki | T143905 Add support for BotPasswords in generate_user_files.py | |||
Resolved | Framawiki | T167573 generate_user_config.py: Check the existence of a previous user-password.py | |||
Open | None | T174295 Add a warning about permissions at the top of the generated user-password.py | |||
Resolved | Framawiki | T168806 Don't show a warning when password file contain comments or imports lines |
Notes:
It's important to make sure that the newly created password file has appropriate permissions set ( 0o600) otherwise it can be a security risk for the user.
Change 350448 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] [IMPR] Add BotPasswords in generate_user_files.py
I've edited the doc https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/BotPasswords#Configuration, check is welcome