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Refs #685 (one of four small, independent PRs from that thread; they merge cleanly in any order)

Problem

v4 split all users on commas, including the users file, so a line like user1:hash:totp,user2:hash worked. v5 reads the users file line by line and fails on such lines with invalid user format. Several upgrade reports in #685 hit this.

Change

  • utils.ParseUserEntry splits an entry on commas only when it holds at least two users and every part is a valid user with a real bcrypt hash. Otherwise the whole entry is parsed as one user, so:
    • usernames containing a comma (Doe, John:hash) keep working;
    • a malformed line can never be split into different users, e.g. carol:hash,x:TOTP is not split into a carol without TOTP.
  • An entry that is not a valid list and whose hash or TOTP secret contains a comma is rejected.
  • tinyauth user verify uses the same parser.
  • Errors say which entry is invalid (user entry 3: ...) and give the expected format.
  • UsersFile description and .env.example updated.

Behaviour change

A few malformed lines that were silently accepted before (a comma inside the hash or TOTP secret) now fail startup with an error naming the entry.

Testing

  • make vet, make test and go test -race ./... pass.
  • New tests:
    • a v4 comma line with CRLF and a trailing comma;
    • a comma inside a username;
    • a list containing one invalid user;
    • the TOTP case above;
    • a leading comma;
    • the entry index in errors.
  • Run in a container: a v4-style users file that fails on main now starts and loads every user on the line.

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  • New Features
    • User files can list multiple users on a line, separated by commas, or continue to list one user per line. Entries can include an optional TOTP secret.
    • Sign-in selects the matching username from a multi-user entry and applies the existing password and TOTP checks.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Malformed entries are rejected with an error identifying their line number.
  • Documentation
    • Configuration guidance now describes the accepted user-file formats.

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User-file parsing now supports comma-separated user records under the documented format. The verification command selects a parsed user by username. Tests cover valid and malformed entries, line endings, and entry-indexed errors.

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User-entry parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse and document user-file entries
internal/utils/user_utils.go, internal/utils/user_utils_test.go, internal/model/config.go, .env.example
Parsing supports comma-separated users when each record has a valid bcrypt hash. Tests cover valid and malformed entries, CRLF line endings, and entry-indexed errors. Configuration descriptions document the accepted format.
Select the requested user for verification
cmd/tinyauth/verify_user.go
The verification command parses an entry into users and selects the user whose username matches the supplied username. It returns username is incorrect when no user matches.

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Change: Bug fix


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Users with v4-style comma-separated entries can load again, and verification can select the requested user. No material merge risk is evident in the supplied review context; the change is ready for normal checks.

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- Around line 46-48: Update the part validation in the multi-user parsing flow
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v4 split all users on commas, including the users file, so files like
user1:hash:totp,user2:hash worked. v5 reads the users file line by
line and fails on such lines with "invalid user format". An entry is
now split on commas again, but only when it holds at least two users
and every part is a valid user with a bcrypt hash, so usernames that
contain a comma keep working and a malformed line can never be split
into different users (e.g. dropping one user's TOTP secret). A line
that is not a valid list and whose hash or TOTP secret contains a
comma is rejected; such lines were accepted before.

The user verify command parses entries the same way, and errors now
say which entry is invalid and the expected format.

Refs tinyauthapp#685

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Around line 63-65: Update the user parsing logic that currently returns only
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A users file written by v4 can have one user per line with a trailing
comma. The comma-split path produced exactly one user for such a line,
failed the len(users) > 1 guard, and fell through to the whole-entry
parse, which rejects the trailing comma. Return the single parsed user
when the only extra part is the tolerated trailing comma.

Refs tinyauthapp#685

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Thanks for the contribution, but I don't think this is a direction we want to take.

The users file is intentionally designed to contain one user per line, similar to the htpasswd format. v4 should have never allowed it and AFAIK nobody used it. Supporting multiple comma-separated users on a single line adds unnecessary complexity without providing any meaningful benefit.

Additionally, this introduces a substantial amount of validation and parsing logic for a format we don't intend to support. In particular, implementing our own bcrypt hash validation just to distinguish between users is unnecessary and creates additional maintenance overhead.

I'd prefer to keep the existing implementation simple and predictable, so I'll be closing this PR.

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