Synopsis
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-:program:`kea-shell` [**-h**] [**-v**] [**--host**] [**--port**] [**--path**] [**--ca**] [**--cert**] [**--key**] [**--auth-user**] [**--auth-password**] [**--timeout**] [**--service**] [command]
+:program:`kea-shell` [**-h**] [**-v**] [**--host**] [**--port**] [**--path**] [**--ca**] [**--cert**] [**--key**] [**--auth-user**] [**--auth-password**] [**--auth-password-file**] [**--timeout**] [**--service**] [command]
Description
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``--auth-password``
Specifies the password for basic HTTP authentication. If not specified
but the user ID is specified, an empty password is used.
+ If used together with ``--auth-password-file``, it is disregarded.
+
+``--auth-password-file``
+ Specifies a file which first line will be read to retrieve
+ the password for basic HTTP authentication. This flag takes precedence
+ over ``--auth-password`` flag.
``--timeout``
Specifies the connection timeout, in seconds. The default is 10.