[Assword] Proposal for an extensible command line syntax

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On 10/24/2013 06:47 PM, Jameson Graef Rollins wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 24 2013, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
>> What about a new subcommand "assword replace <context>" ?  I would
>> welcome a patch for that, even though it could be implemented pretty
>> simply already with "assword remove $context; assword add $context".
> 
> Hey, folks.  Just to throw in my 2 cents here:
> 
> ASSWORD_PASSWORD=prompt assword add <context>
> 
> already allows users to replace a password for a given context.  Is
> there something a new command would provide that I'm not seeing?

hm, i just tested and you are indeed right.  I'm not sure that's a good
situation.  i would be really bummed if i automated an attempt to "add"
a new password and it ended up deleting the old password.   I'd say that
"assword add" should fail if the context already exists.

> If we want to improve the situation, I think allowing changing the
> password from the gui would be better.

do you mean direct editing, or replacing with a new randomly generated
password?  what would that UI look like?

	--dkg

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