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cd edb-installers echo "# Security Policy\n..." > SECURITY.md # Paste content above git add SECURITY.md git commit -m "Create SECURITY.md for security policy" -m "Add security policy for supported versions and vulnerability reporting." git push origin REL-18
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title: Managing your personal access tokens
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shortTitle: 'Manage {% data variables.product.pat_generic %}s'
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intro: 'You can use a {% data variables.product.pat_generic %} in place of a password when authenticating to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} in the command line or with the API.'
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redirect_from:
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- /articles/creating-an-oauth-token-for-command-line-use
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- /articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use
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- /articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line
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- /github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line
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- /github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token
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- /github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token
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- /github/extending-github/git-automation-with-oauth-tokens
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- /authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token
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versions:
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fpt: '*'
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ghes: '*'
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ghec: '*'
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topics:
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- Identity
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- Access management
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> [!WARNING]
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> Treat your access tokens like passwords. For more information, see [Keeping your {% data variables.product.pat_generic %}s secure](#keeping-your-personal-access-tokens-secure).
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## About {% data variables.product.pat_generic %}s
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{% data variables.product.pat_generic_caps %}s are an alternative to using passwords for authentication to {% data variables.product.github %} when using the [{% data variables.product.github %} API](/rest/overview/authenticating-to-the-rest-api) or the [command line](#using-a-personal-access-token-on-the-command-line).
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{% data variables.product.pat_generic_caps %}s are intended to access {% data variables.product.company_short %} resources on behalf of yourself. To access resources on behalf of an organization, or for long-lived integrations, you should use a {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/apps/creating-github-apps/setting-up-a-github-app/about-creating-github-apps).
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{% data reusables.user-settings.token_access_capabilities %} For example, a {% data variables.product.pat_generic %} can be configured with an `admin:org` scope, but if the owner of the token is not an organization owner, the token will not give administrative access to the organization.
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### Types of {% data variables.product.pat_generic %}s
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{% data variables.product.company_short %} currently supports two types of {% data variables.product.pat_generic %}s: {% data variables.product.pat_v2 %}s and {% data variables.product.pat_v1_plural %}. {% data variables.product.company_short %} recommends that you use {% data variables.product.pat_v2 %}s instead of {% data variables.product.pat_v1_plural %} whenever possible.
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> [!NOTE]
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> {% data variables.product.pat_v2_caps %}s, while more secure and controllable, cannot accomplish every task that a {% data variables.product.pat_v1 %} can. See the section on [{% data variables.product.pat_v2_caps_plural %} limitations](#fine-grained-personal-access-tokens-limitations) below to learn more.
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Both {% data variables.product.pat_v2 %}s and {% data variables.product.pat_v1_plural %} are tied to the user who generated them and will become inactive if the user loses access to the resource.
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