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Last active March 14, 2023 04:19
Use this when Amazon gives you an "Encoded authorization failure message" and you need to turn it into something readable. If you only get a request id... you're out of luck.
function decode-authorization-failure-message {
if [ $# -ne 1 ] || [ "$1" = -h ] || [ "$1" = --help ]; then
cat <<'EOT'
Usage: decode-authorization-failure-message <message>
Use this when Amazon gives you an "Encoded authorization failure message" and
you need to turn it into something readable.
EOT
return 1
fi