open-vault/website/source/docs/commands/auth/help.html.md
Seth Vargo c5665920f6
Standardize on "auth method"
This removes all references I could find to:

- credential provider
- authentication backend
- authentication provider
- auth provider
- auth backend

in favor of the unified:

- auth method
2017-10-24 09:32:15 -04:00

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---
layout: "docs"
page_title: "auth help - Command"
sidebar_current: "docs-commands-auth-help"
description: |-
The "auth help" command prints usage and help for an auth method.
---
# auth help
The `auth help` command prints usage and help for an auth method.
- If given a TYPE, this command prints the default help for the auth method of
that type.
- If given a PATH, this command prints the help output for the auth method
enabled at that path. This path must already exist.
Each auth method produces its own help output.
## Examples
Get usage instructions for the userpass auth method:
```text
$ vault auth help userpass
Usage: vault login -method=userpass [CONFIG K=V...]
The userpass auth method allows users to authenticate using Vault's
internal user database.
# ...
```
Print usage for the auth method enabled at my-method/
```text
$ vault auth help my-method/
# ...
```
## Usage
There are no flags beyond the [standard set of flags](/docs/commands/index.html)
included on all commands.