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An alternative pinentry script for scripting PIN responses for GPG. https://mumble.org.uk/blog/2015/03/17/pining-for-gpg-to-try
#!/bin/bash
#
# This.
# Is.
# Awful.
# write that file as:
# round=<0|1|2>
# oldpass=1234
# newpass=4321
# Borrowed from https://github.com/ecraven/pinentry-emacs/blob/master/pinentry-emacs
IPCFILE="$TMP/.some_pretend_ipc"
if ! [ -e "${IPCFILE}" ]
then
exit 10
else
status=$(awk -F= '/round=/ {print $2}' <"${IPCFILE}")
fi
echo OK
while read cmd rest
do
case $cmd in
SETDESC)
DESC=$rest
echo OK
;;
SETPROMPT)
PROMPT=$rest
echo OK
;;
SETOK)
OK=$rest
echo OK
;;
SETERROR)
ERROR=$rest
echo OK
;;
GETPIN)
if [ $status -eq 0 ]
then
OLDPIN=$(awk -F= '/oldpin=/ {print $2}' <"${IPCFILE}")
echo "D ${OLDPIN}"
sed -i -e 's/round=0/round=1/' "${IPCFILE}"
elif [ $status -gt 0 ]
then
NEWPIN=$(awk -F= '/newpin=/ {print $2}' <"${IPCFILE}")
echo "D ${NEWPIN}"
[ $status -eq 1 ] && sed -i -e 's/round=1/round=2/' "${IPCFILE}"
fi
echo OK
;;
OPTION)
echo OK
;;
GETINFO)
case $rest in
pid*)
echo D $$
echo OK
;;
esac
;;
BYE)
echo OK
exit
;;
*)
echo OK
;;
esac
done
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ALiwoto commented Nov 13, 2022

Indeed, this is pretty much awful, but fun at the same time

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