yes, even though i disagree with the abolition of files (in this case just as a matter of convention over need), it's at least simpler than the current mess. would serve my use case all right.
On 2/15/16, Anselm R Garbe <garb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15 February 2016 at 11:13, Kamil Cholewiński <harry6...@gmail.com> > wrote: >>> slock < password-file >> >> You now have a password in cleartext, which we know is a bad idea. It >> would be better to hash it. Congrats, /etc/passwd & friends reinvented. > > Just adopt hmac_sha256[1] into slock.c and put your pw hash into > config.h and deploy slock into your $HOME/bin if the system is shared, > or do it globally if not. > > I don't see the need to rely on file or pipe access to read a password > hash from. > > [1] http://www.aarongifford.com/computers/sha.html > > BR, > Anselm > >
