--- a/src/goodjava/lucene/backup/BackupServer.java	Thu May 26 21:10:02 2022 -0600
+++ b/src/goodjava/lucene/backup/BackupServer.java	Sat May 28 21:00:30 2022 -0600
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 				return;
 			}
 			String name = (String)call.args[0];
-			String password = (String)call.args[1];
 			synchronized(backups) {
 				backup = backups.get(name);
 				if( backup == null ) {
@@ -97,23 +96,6 @@
 					backups.put(name,backup);
 				}
 			}
-			File pwd = new File(backupDir,name+".pwd");
-			try {
-				if( !pwd.exists() ) {
-					Writer out = new FileWriter(pwd);
-					out.write(password);
-					out.close();
-				} else {
-					Reader in = new FileReader(pwd);
-					if( !IoUtils.readAll(in).equals(password) ) {
-						rpc.write( new RpcException("wrong password") );
-						rpc.close();
-						return;
-					}
-				}
-			} catch(IOException e) {
-				throw new RuntimeException(e);
-			}
 			rpc.write(Rpc.OK);
 		}
 		while( !rpc.isClosed() ) {