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authorOpenShift Merge Robot <openshift-merge-robot@users.noreply.github.com>2020-06-11 14:39:50 -0400
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Merge pull request #6551 from QiWang19/doc-check-auth
update document login see config.json as valid
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@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ and password. If the registry is not specified, the first registry under [regist
from registries.conf will be used. **podman login** reads in the username and password from STDIN.
The username and password can also be set using the **username** and **password** flags.
The path of the authentication file can be specified by the user by setting the **authfile**
-flag. The default path used is **${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json**.
+flag. The default path used is **${XDG\_RUNTIME\_DIR}/containers/auth.json**. If there is a valid
+username and password in the **authfile** , Podman will use those existing credentials if the user does not pass in a username.
+If those credentials are not present, Podman will then use any existing credentials found in **$HOME/.docker/config.json**.
**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]**