[taler-docs] branch master updated: explain merchant default auth

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commit 8ff943438779ecde4f04c12a9f7e3505540eea5a
Author: MS <ms@taler.net>
AuthorDate: Fri May 21 20:01:53 2021 +0200

    explain merchant default auth
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 core/api-merchant.rst | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/api-merchant.rst b/core/api-merchant.rst
index 56a9187..e15ab03 100644
--- a/core/api-merchant.rst
+++ b/core/api-merchant.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ This is useful when multiple businesses want to share the 
same payment
 infrastructure.
 
 Merchant backends have one special ``default`` instance.  This ``default``
-instance is used when no explicit instance is specified.
+instance is used when no explicit instance is specified.  Despite its name,
+this instance must be created after the installation.  In case *no* default
+instance is found - or its credentials got lost -, the administrator can use
+the default instance's rights by resorting on the ``--auth`` command line 
option,
+or by restarting the service by providing a environment variable called
+``TALER_MERCHANT_TOKEN``.
 
 Each instance (default and others) has a base URL.  The resources under
 this base URL are divided into to categories:

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