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doc/user-manual: documented password configuration 

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini's avatarAlessandro Rubini <rubini@gnudd.com>
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Management port's (@t{eth0}) static IP configuration when
@t{CONFIG_ETH0_DHCP_ONCE} or @t{CONFIG_ETH0_STATIC} parameter is used.
@item CONFIG_ROOT_PWD_IS_ENCRYPTED
@itemx CONFIG_ROOT_PWD_CLEAR
@itemx CONFIG_ROOT_PWD_CYPHER
This set of options allow setting the password for the ``root''
user (the administrator). The password is used to login to
your switch using @t{ssh} (secure shell). If you choose
@t{CONFIG_ROOT_PWD_IS_ENCRYPTED}, you will be prompted for a
text version of a pre-encrypted password (@t{CONFIG_ROOT_PWD_CYPHER}).
To encrypt your @i{magic} string, you must run ``@t{mkpasswd
--method=md5} @i{magic}'' on your Linux host (or switch).
If you choose to configure an unencrypted password, then you are
asked to specify it as @t{CONFIG_ROOT_PWD_CLEAR}. In this latter
case encryption is performed at run-time to use the normal @i{ssh}
authentication, but the clear-text password will remain in dot-config.
By default the root password is an empty string, like in the initial
@i{wr-switch-sw} releases.
@item CONFIG_NTP_SERVER
The NTP server used to prime White Rabbit time, at system boot.
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