open-vault/helper/password/password.go
2015-10-16 16:01:19 -07:00

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Go

// password is a package for reading a password securely from a terminal.
// The code in this package disables echo in the terminal so that the
// password is not echoed back in plaintext to the user.
package password
import (
"errors"
"io"
"os"
"os/signal"
)
var ErrInterrupted = errors.New("interrupted")
// Read reads the password from the given os.File. The password
// will not be echoed back to the user. Ctrl-C will automatically return
// from this function with a blank string and an ErrInterrupted.
func Read(f *os.File) (string, error) {
ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(ch, os.Interrupt)
defer signal.Stop(ch)
// Run the actual read in a go-routine so that we can still detect signals
var result string
var resultErr error
doneCh := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
defer close(doneCh)
result, resultErr = read(f)
}()
// Wait on either the read to finish or the signal to come through
select {
case <-ch:
return "", ErrInterrupted
case <-doneCh:
return result, resultErr
}
}
func readline(f *os.File) (string, error) {
var buf [1]byte
resultBuf := make([]byte, 0, 64)
for {
n, err := f.Read(buf[:])
if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
return "", err
}
if n == 0 || buf[0] == '\n' || buf[0] == '\r' {
break
}
// ASCII code 3 is what is sent for a Ctrl-C while reading raw.
// If we see that, then get the interrupt. We have to do this here
// because terminals in raw mode won't catch it at the shell level.
if buf[0] == 3 {
return "", ErrInterrupted
}
resultBuf = append(resultBuf, buf[0])
}
return string(resultBuf), nil
}