[project] is actually the name of the directory

[santagada]

in tracd —auth or —basic-auth the [projectname] parameter is actually a directory name not project name. it is even in the documentation, but it would be easier to use if it was in the tracd help.

Note that the project “name” passed to the —auth option is actually the base name of the project environment directory.""

[santagada]

if my project name is "My project" and my project dir is "kkkk" then passing —basic-auth "My Project",kkkk/passwd,localhost is not going to work, and it gives a cryptic error message. Here is something that would help to clarify the property to users.

Index: standalone.py
===================================================================
--- standalone.py       (revisão 3359)
+++ standalone.py       (cópia de trabalho)
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@
     parser.add_option('-a', '--auth', action='callback', type='string',
                       metavar='DIGESTAUTH', callback=_auth_callback,
                       callback_args=(DigestAuthentication,),
-                      help='[project],[htdigest_file],[realm]')
+                      help='[projectdir],[htdigest_file],[realm]')
     parser.add_option('--basic-auth', action='callback', type='string',
                       metavar='BASICAUTH', callback=_auth_callback,
                       callback_args=(BasicAuthentication,),
-                      help='[project],[htpasswd_file],[realm]')
+                      help='[projectdir],[htpasswd_file],[realm]')

     parser.add_option('-p', '--port', action='store', type='int', dest='port',
                       help='the port number to bind to')

Another good idea would be to give a better error message.

[Christian Boos]

Why not, if you think that this makes it clearer. I think the TracStandalone#UsingAuthentication paragraph is clear about this, and in case of doubt when using the command line tool, that would be the place to look for further documentation anyway.

[Christian Boos]

Applied in r3366.