Re: timeout function in cryptsetup init script
On 30/01/2006 Jan C. Nordholz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > indeed, it sounds exactly like what i'm searching for.
> >
> > but unfortunately it looks like cryptsetup does not have support for
> > reading the password from stdin or command-line.
>
> ah, I see, it is using getpass(3) if no keyfile has been
> specified. Hmm, after having a glance at the source code,
> the easiest thing seems to patch the source to accept
> a new command-line option to specify a different input fd.
> The rest of the code (lib/setup.c:get_key(), most importantly)
> should work without a change.
maybe then the best would be to add support for a --timeout option,
instead of supporting another (insecure) input fd.
> Shall I try to wrap something up?
if you like, that would be great. i've not much experiences with coding
c(++).
...
jonas
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