Re: [Bug-wget] multiple constant parameters

[Szépe Viktor]

Oh! Thank you very much for the fd!

HTTP_PW="$(pwgen 43 1)"

wgetrc() {
  echo http-user=user
  echo http-password=$HTTP_PW
}

WGETRC="<(wgetrc)" wget -d http://www.secretsite.net


Idézem/Quoting Ángel González <address@hidden>:

> I *think* wget only reads the wgetrc file once. So, provided you are  
> using bash (you are) and run it on a OS with support for reading a  
> fd from a path in /proc (which is also most likely) then you can  
> replace the wgetrc with a script, which presumably can determine if  
> it's safe to decrypt the secret and retrieve the password from  
> secure storage.
>
> > $ cat script.sh
> > #!/bin/sh
> > echo http-user=user
> > echo http-password=$(pwgen 43 1)
>
> And then we can run:
> WGETRC=<(./script.sh) wget -d http://www.secretsite.net
>
> which would provide a different password for accesing the site on each run.


Szépe Viktor
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