[PATCH] enable storing very long passwords
Forrest Loomis
loomis.forrest at gmail.com
Thu Jun 5 21:07:17 UTC 2025
When trying to store an incredibly long JWT token, the token would be
truncated.
Use readline (read -e) when retrieving the user password. This allows us
to input much longer passwords.
---
src/password-store.sh | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/password-store.sh b/src/password-store.sh
index 22e818f..88b4a1b 100755
--- a/src/password-store.sh
+++ b/src/password-store.sh
@@ -463,9 +463,9 @@ cmd_insert() {
elif [[ $noecho -eq 1 ]]; then
local password password_again
while true; do
- read -r -p "Enter password for $path: " -s
password || exit 1
+ read -e -r -p "Enter password for $path: " -s
password || exit 1
echo
- read -r -p "Retype password for $path: " -s
password_again || exit 1
+ read -e -r -p "Retype password for $path: " -s
password_again || exit 1
echo
if [[ $password == "$password_again" ]]; then
echo "$password" | $GPG -e
"${GPG_RECIPIENT_ARGS[@]}" -o "$passfile" "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" || die
"Password encryption aborted."
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ cmd_insert() {
done
else
local password
- read -r -p "Enter password for $path: " -e password
+ read -e -r -p "Enter password for $path: " -e password
echo "$password" | $GPG -e "${GPG_RECIPIENT_ARGS[@]}"
-o "$passfile" "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" || die "Password encryption aborted."
fi
git_add_file "$passfile" "Add given password for $path to store."
--
2.49.0
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