2010/12/2 Jeff Johnson <n3...@mac.com>:
>
> Ok, let's start with the key utils preliminarties ...
> ... this crap from RPM4 needs to go away soonestly.
>
> This code needs to be disappeared and replaced to use keyutils afaict:
>
> +sub getpasswdfile {
> + my ($self) = @_;
> + $self->{password_file} or return 1;
> + open(my $hpass, "<", $self->{password_file}) or return 0;
> + $self->{passphrase} = <$hpass>;
> + chomp($self->{passphrase});
> + close($hpass);
> + 1;
> +}
>
> See rpmio/rpmku.c for the replacement.
>
> The implementation with keyutils is rather subtle.
>
> If --with-keyutils is in AutoFu, what is returned from rpmku*
> is the name ("rpm:passwd") of the keyutils item rather than the
> password string.
>
> The benefit of keyutils is that the password is NOT resident
> in RPM's address space except when absolutely necessary.
>
> The additional benefit is that the password access and duration
> is handled by keyutils, not RPM (and rpm-perl methods).
>
> Read up on keyutils, the best source of how to use is
> the README in the source code.
k, thx for the pointer, will read up on. :)
--
Regards,
Per Øyvind
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