How to use unencrypted, authenticated access?

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I am using unencrypted, unauthenticated access to https://test.mosquitto.org/ from Python on Linux for a while, and all works fine.

Now I want to test unencrypted, authenticated access, but how do configure this? I see no place to register name and password?

There is no security issue on my data, just wanting to try the authentication.

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Hello,

The authenticated listeners require a username / password:

  • rw / readwrite : read/write access to the # topic hierarchy
  • ro / readonly : read only access to the # topic hierarchy
  • wo / writeonly : write only access to the # topic hierarchy

More Details can be found on the test.mosquitto.org site under: Authentication and topic access

BR

Tizian

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I do understand. What I am missing is how and where to configure this? I see no place to register name and password?

I am afraid I am still missing several things. I tried mosquitto_sub -h test.mosquitto.org -t "#" -u wildcard -v expecting it is a means to override user authorization for 20 sec. However, I can’t even connect:

$ mosquitto_sub -h test.mosquitto.org -t "#" -u wildcard -v
Connection error: Connection Refused: not authorised.
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Hello :slight_smile:

Try this:

mosquitto_sub -h test.mosquitto.org -t "#" -u rw -P readwrite -p 1884 -v

You have to use the username and password given by the server, it is not allowed to use your own user.
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Oh, those lines gave user name and password? Yes, with that I can connect. This will help for now, thank you.

Yet, this wildcard thing still does not work.

May I suggest to re-write this chapter “Authentication and topic access” so that even dummies like me can understand it? I find it highly confusing.