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Re: encryption

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On 4/21/2018 5:20 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 17:07:10 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> 
>> On 04/20/18 12:38, Brian wrote:
>>> T have a script. It contains an important password.
>>>
>>> I have encrypted the script with
>>>
>>>     scrypt dec -t 10 /usr/local/bin/myscript
>>
>> Looking at:
>>
>> http://manpages.org/scrypt
>>
>>
>> That command decrypts /usr/local/bin/myscript (and I don't know if the -t
>> option is valid for decryption).
> 
> A typo. It should be "enc", not "dec".
>   
>>> I can, of course, decrypt it with
>>>
>>>     scrypt dec /usr/local/bin/myscript
>>
>> Assuming /usr/local/bin/myscript is ciphertext, that command will print the
>> script on STDOUT.
> 
> Another bit of sloppiness. Redirection to a file should have been
> mentioned.
>   
>> As scrypt is going to prompt you for a passphrase anyway, why don't you
>> leave the script unencrypted and revise it to prompt for the "important
>> password"?

Here's the code I used to let a script prompt for a password:

read -s -p "Enter password: "
[ $? -ne 0 ] && exit 1

-- 
John Doe

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encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-20 21:40 +0200
  Re: encryption Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-04-20 22:00 +0200
  Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-21 02:10 +0200
    Re: encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-21 17:30 +0200
      Re: encryption john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-04-21 17:40 +0200
        Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-21 22:00 +0200
          Re: encryption john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-04-22 08:30 +0200
            Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-22 20:30 +0200
      Re: encryption Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-04-21 19:00 +0200
        Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-21 22:30 +0200
      Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-21 21:50 +0200
        Re: encryption David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-22 18:20 +0200
          Re: encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-22 18:50 +0200
            Re: encryption David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-23 10:50 +0200
              Re: encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-23 13:20 +0200
                Re: encryption David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-24 20:50 +0200
  Re: encryption David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-21 18:40 +0200
    Re: encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-21 20:20 +0200
      Re: encryption David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-21 21:00 +0200
        Re: encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-21 21:20 +0200
          Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-21 23:30 +0200
          Re: encryption David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-22 04:30 +0200
            Re: encryption Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-04-22 11:20 +0200
              Re: encryption Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-04-22 11:50 +0200
                Re: encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-22 19:10 +0200
      Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-21 22:50 +0200
    Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-21 22:10 +0200
      Re: encryption David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-22 04:00 +0200
        Re: encryption Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-22 17:40 +0200
          Re: encryption Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-04-23 08:00 +0200
            Re: encryption Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-04-23 09:00 +0200
        Re: encryption David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-04-22 20:10 +0200

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