Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of Help/Preferences/Connection


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2010-01-05T11:00:56+01:00 (16 years ago)
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  • Help/Preferences/Connection

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    9494For advanced users, OAuth has addional advantages:
    95   * With OAuth you can generate restricted Access Tokens which you given somebody else such that another mapper can act on your behalf. For instance, a mapper could generate an Access Token which grants somebody else the right to download its private GPS traces. Even if he gives this Access Token to somebody else, his OSM password is kept private. In addition, he can revoke the special Access Token at any time. JOSM supports this kind of advanced configuration in the [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAutorisationWizard OAuth Autorisation Wizard] with the authorisation procedure '''Manual authorization'''.
     95  * With OAuth you can generate restricted Access Tokens which you given somebody else such that another mapper can act on your behalf. For instance, a mapper could generate an Access Token which grants somebody else the right to download its private GPS traces. Even if he gives this Access Token to somebody else, his OSM password is kept private. In addition, he can revoke the special Access Token at any time. JOSM supports this kind of advanced configuration in the [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAuthorisationWizard OAuth Autorisation Wizard] with the authorisation procedure '''Manual authorization'''.
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    9797To use OAuth based Authentication
     
    9999  1. In the Connection Preferences go to the tab '''Authentication'''
    100100  2. Select the authentication method '''OAuth based authentication'''
    101   3. Click on '''Authorise now''' to  [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAutorisationWizard OAuth Autorisation Wizard] (see screenshot below)
     101  3. Click on '''Authorise now''' to launch the [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAuthorisationWizard OAuth Autorisation Wizard] (see screenshot below)
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    103103[[Image(oauth-preferences-step-1.png)]]
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    105 This will launch the [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAutorisationWizard OAuth Autorisation Wizard]. Use one of the available authorization procedures in this dialog to get a valid '''Access Token'''.
     105This will launch the [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAuthorisationWizard OAuth Autorisation Wizard]. Use one of the available authorization procedures in this dialog to get a valid '''Access Token'''.
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    107107JOSM displays the retrieved Access Token in the preferences panel (see screenshot below):