Authentication Token on Headless Server

[ntm]

I don't want to store a password in plaintext in server-settings.json, and saw this config option

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  "_comment_token": "Authentication token. May be used instead of 'password' above.",
  "token": "",

Looks great, but how do I use it? Is it the same as the token used in this request when I start the server? Is there a convenient way to get it?

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Downloading https://www.factorio.com/updater/get-available-versions?username=<user>&token=<private>&apiVersion=2

[Last2Night]

You might want to remove that line from your config file as its broken right now. If you have the token string, server ignores all the settings that config file has.

Problem found. Its the config file that is being distributed with the game.

"_comment_token": "Authentication token. May be used instead of 'password' above."
"token": "",

in the config gives an error, I didnt take a copy of it but its somthing along the lines of unexpected character on line 17, expected "," or "}"

Removing comment_token lines fixes everything.