[2013-02-09 22:32] Sam Watkins <s...@nipl.net> > On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 12:20:58PM +0100, Hugues Moretto-Viry wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm writing a little FTP client in pure shell + curl for my personal needs. > > Anyway, I need to store my passwords so I chose SQlite, because I don't > > want to put them in a regular file or in the script. > > Unfortunately, I think this is not really perfect. > > > > Do you know how to store my passwords outside the script (maybe hashed), in > > the suckless way? > > I would store them in one file per server, with key=value pairs, > so can just 'source' the right file. > > e.g. > > filename: ftphosts/nipl.net > content: > > host=nipl.net > user=sam > pass=whatever > > can have other optional keys such as 'port', and such. > > > If you want a single file, you could use TSV or other tabular format, > keep them sorted, and a binary search tool such as 'look' to find the > right line: > > ai.ki sam something > nipl.net sam whatever > > but I'd prefer the separate files.
This looks much like a reinvention of netrc. Netrc is already there and widespread. Also, users know that it contains sensible data. The things not so perfect of netrc are minor compared to that. meillo
