Introduce NUT "authconf" file support [#3329]#3435

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Commits on May 18, 2026

docs/Makefile.am: add ASPELL_NUT_COMMON_ARGS to preclude mangling of nut.dict on some platforms when checking interactively
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Introduce NUT "authconf" file support [#3329]
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tests/test_authconf.c: drop "Mocks for functions usually provided by libcommon" [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}, tests, docs: extend upscli_dump_authconf{,_list} methods with "for_debug" option [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}, docs/man/upscli_find_authconf.txt: refactor with upscli_split_auth_section() [#3329]
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common/common.c et al: relocate check_perms() from upsd to common code base [#3359]
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clients/authconf.c: parse_authconf_file(): call check_perms(filename) [#3329, #3359]
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common/common.c: cosmetic fix
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clients/upsclient.{c,h}, docs/man/upscli_init.txt: introduce upscli_init_authconf() [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}, docs/man/upscli_read_authconf.txt: add searching for default nutauth.conf in user home or NUT_CONFPATH locations [#3329]
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tests/test_authconf.c: honour NUT_DEBUG_LEVEL [#3329]
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tests/test_authconf.c: add a dev-test for discovery of user/site nutauth configs [#3329]
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conf/nutauth.conf.sample.in, configure.ac, conf/Makefile.am, conf/.gitignore: add example config for nutauth.conf [#3329]
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scripts/obs/debian.nut-client.install, scripts/obs/debian.nut-client.manpages, scripts/obs/nut.spec: know about nutauth.conf samples [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: upscli_splitauth(): if "port" is a non-numeric string, try to resolve it in the system naming database [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: upscli_splitauth(): reject empty non-NULL sect_name [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: handle_authconf_args(): revise section title line parsing [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}, docs: further refactor with upscli_normalize_auth_section_parts() which we can share and expose [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: refactor upscli_find_authconf() with upscli_normalize_auth_section_parts() [#3329]
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tests/test_authconf.c: add a Non-exact match test case [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: fix static analysis warnings [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}: refactor static upscli_add_authconf() with a public upscli_create_authconf() [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c, docs/man/nutauth.conf.txt: revise section title parsing, INCLUDE handling, naming of [_global_defaults], code comments etc. [#3329]
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docs/man/*auth*.txt, docs/man/Makefile.am: reshuffle nutauth.conf related methods vs population of man pages [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: upscli_create_authconf(): handle failed calloc() by returning NULL; fail fatally in upscli_add_authconf() if needed [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}, tests/test_authconf.c, docs/man/*auth*, docs/man/Makefile.am: rename file/list/item/section methods consistently with their purpose [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}, docs: introduce upscli_clone_authconf_item() and upscli_merge_authconf_item() functions [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: upscli_find_authconf_item(): refine return of global_defaults and zearch in empty list [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: refactor with separation of upscli_add_authconf_item(name) and upscli_add_authconf(node) [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c, docs/man/upscli_create_authconf_item.txt: revise upscli_clone_authconf_item() and upscli_merge_authconf_item() functions vs. cloning of USER name [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c, docs/man/upscli_create_authconf_item.txt: revise upscli_merge_authconf_item() function vs. cloning of empty strings [#3329]
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docs/man/Makefile.am: fix after reshuffle nutauth.conf related methods vs population of man pages [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}: introduce upscli_get_authconf_item() for auto-merged items [#3329]
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tests/test_authconf.c: print TAP-style progress trackingl add tests for upscli_get_authconf_item() modification of the list [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c: upscli_get_authconf_item(): add ifdef-ed away very optional debug messages [#3329]
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clients/authconf.{c,h}, docs/man/upscli_create_authconf_item.txt, docs/man/nutauth.conf.txt: add CERTHOST field support [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c, tests/test_authconf.c: handle_authconf_args(): when we finish parsing a section, upscli_add_host_cert() if applicable [#3329]
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clients/upsclient.{c,h}, clients/authconf.c, docs: introduce upscli_add_host_port_cert() et al [#3329]
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clients/nutclient.{cpp,h}: add rudimentary support for SSLConfig_CERTHOST with a port number [#3329]
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clients/authconf.c, docs/man/upscli_read_authconf_file.txt: add support for NUT_AUTHCONF_FILE and/or NUT_AUTHCONF_PATH envvars to locate exactly one nutauth.conf candidate or bail out [#3329]
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Commits on May 20, 2026

Commits on May 21, 2026

tests/Makefile.am: test_authconf: consider LIBSSL flags [#3329, #1711]
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