docker-login man/doc add security info

Signed-off-by: Sally O'Malley <somalley@redhat.com>
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Sally O'Malley
2015-11-02 17:20:38 -05:00
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example:
$ docker login localhost:8080
`docker login` requires user to use `sudo` or be `root`, except when:
1. connecting to a remote daemon, such as a `docker-machine` provisioned `docker engine`.
2. user is added to the `docker` group. This will impact the security of your system; the `docker` group is `root` equivalent. See [Docker Daemon Attack Surface](https://docs.docker.com/articles/security/#docker-daemon-attack-surface) for details.
You can log into any public or private repository for which you have
credentials. When you log in, the command stores encoded credentials in
`$HOME/.docker/config.json` on Linux or `%USERPROFILE%/.docker/config.json` on Windows.
> **Note**: When running `sudo docker login` credentials are saved in `/root/.docker/config.json`.
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