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diff --git a/Documentation/user-upload.txt b/Documentation/user-upload.txt index cdaf155e05..0670968dd5 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-upload.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-upload.txt @@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ credentials are validated using: * Both, the HTTP and the LDAP passwords (in this order) if `gitBasicAuthPolicy` is `HTTP_LDAP`. +When gitBasicAuthPolicy is set to `LDAP` or `HTTP_LDAP` and the user +is authenticating with the LDAP username/password, the Git client config +needs to have `http.cookieFile` set to a local file, otherwise every +single call would trigger a full LDAP authentication and groups resolution +which could introduce a noticeable latency on the overall execution +and produce unwanted load to the LDAP server. + When gitBasicAuthPolicy is not `LDAP`, the user's HTTP credentials can be regenerated by going to `Settings`, and then accessing the `HTTP Password` tab. Revocation can effectively be done by regenerating the |