dovecot - Apr 2022 - doveadm pw usage

On 24/04/22 22:45, ??? (alice) wrote:
> ok the helps says:
> 
> pw?????????? [-l] [-p plaintext]
> 
> i just thought it specifies the text file.
> 
> thanks for clarifying it.
> 
> 
> 
> Bernardo Reino wrote:
>> The argument to "-p" is not a file containing the password,
but the
>> password itself!

The downside of putting the password on the command line is that it will 
(briefly) be visible in the output of 'ps':

richard   9449  0.0  0.0   5040  3616 pts/4    R+   19:27   0:00 
/usr/bin/doveconf -f service=doveadm -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf -m 
doveadm -e /usr/bin/doveadm pw -p asdf

Cheers,
Richard

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 07:30:16PM +1200, Richard Hector
wrote:
> The downside of putting the password on the command line is that it
> will (briefly) be visible in the output of 'ps':
> 
> richard   9449  0.0  0.0   5040  3616 pts/4    R+   19:27   0:00
> /usr/bin/doveconf -f service=doveadm -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf -m
> doveadm -e /usr/bin/doveadm pw -p asdf
Can this problem not be solved by using `pw -p "$(some cmd to echo the
password)"`?

E.g. if using Jason Donenfeld's password store application
"pass",[1]:

    pw -p "$(pass Email/mydomain.com)"

Sam

[1]: https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/about/