From: Mike Brady <mikebrady@eircom.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 13:00:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update README.md
X-Git-Tag: 3.3RC0~181
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dba48ddc35faa5667b442ff1df1a1c6845d23470;p=thirdparty%2Fshairport-sync.git

Update README.md
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@@ -303,7 +303,11 @@ general =
   // ... other general settings
 };
 ```
-(Remember, anything preceded by `//` is a comment and will have no effect on the setting of Shairport Sync.) No backend is specified here, so it will default to the `alsa` backend if more than one back end has been compiled. To route the output to PulseAudio, add:
+(Remember, anything preceded by `//` is a comment and will have no effect on the setting of Shairport Sync.)
+
+**Important:** You should *never* use an important password as the AirPlay password for a Shairport Sync player -- the password is stored in Shairport Sync's configuration file in plain text and is thus completely vulnerable.
+
+No backend is specified here, so it will default to the `alsa` backend if more than one back end has been compiled. To route the output to PulseAudio, add:
 
 ```
   output_backend = "pa";