summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMatthias Sohn <matthias.sohn@gmail.com>2022-01-28 14:13:56 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <noreply-gerritcodereview@google.com>2022-01-28 14:13:56 +0000
commite34228409233a63a73772c1c618dbf6a7094dbf6 (patch)
tree22292114115436ab26a0ab0af1ef6e590c678e4e
parent5d9ebf8c6c672f004ea05d5c39847cb89174122d (diff)
parentf45f95a6ffbfdda441d712df9b15b2d8cfdbea55 (diff)
Merge "Improve comment describing ExternalId#SCHEME_GERRIT" into stable-3.2
-rw-r--r--java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/externalids/ExternalId.java6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/externalids/ExternalId.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/externalids/ExternalId.java
index 1d31da9eef..71ce4d88c7 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/externalids/ExternalId.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/account/externalids/ExternalId.java
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ public abstract class ExternalId implements Serializable {
private static final String PASSWORD_KEY = "password";
/**
- * Scheme used for {@link AuthType#LDAP}, {@link AuthType#CLIENT_SSL_CERT_LDAP}, {@link
- * AuthType#HTTP_LDAP}, and {@link AuthType#LDAP_BIND} usernames.
+ * Scheme used to label accounts created, when using the LDAP-based authentication types {@link
+ * AuthType#LDAP}, {@link AuthType#CLIENT_SSL_CERT_LDAP}, {@link AuthType#HTTP_LDAP}, and {@link
+ * AuthType#LDAP_BIND}. The external ID stores the username. Accounts with such an external ID
+ * will be authenticated against the configured LDAP identity provider.
*
* <p>The name {@code gerrit:} was a very poor choice.
*