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-rw-r--r--Documentation/MANPAGE.md2
-rw-r--r--cli_args.go4
-rw-r--r--internal/readpassword/read.go11
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md
index 9dd4a12..63f86cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md
+++ b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Options:
**-passfile string**
: Read password from the specified file. This is a shortcut for
- specifying "-extpass /bin/cat FILE".
+ specifying '-extpass="/bin/cat -- FILE"'.
**-passwd**
: Change the password. Will ask for the old password, check if it is
diff --git a/cli_args.go b/cli_args.go
index 89cbdd9..25392c4 100644
--- a/cli_args.go
+++ b/cli_args.go
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ func parseCliOpts() (args argContainer) {
os.Exit(ErrExitUsage)
}
}
- // "-passfile FILE" is a shortcut for "-extpass=/bin/cat FILE"
+ // '-passfile FILE' is a shortcut for -extpass='/bin/cat -- FILE'
if args.passfile != "" {
- args.extpass = "/bin/cat " + args.passfile
+ args.extpass = "/bin/cat -- " + args.passfile
}
if args.extpass != "" && args.masterkey != "" {
tlog.Fatal.Printf("The options -extpass and -masterkey cannot be used at the same time")
diff --git a/internal/readpassword/read.go b/internal/readpassword/read.go
index 6945f0a..f00b425 100644
--- a/internal/readpassword/read.go
+++ b/internal/readpassword/read.go
@@ -83,7 +83,16 @@ func readPasswordStdin() string {
// Exits on read error or empty result.
func readPasswordExtpass(extpass string) string {
tlog.Info.Println("Reading password from extpass program")
- parts := strings.Split(extpass, " ")
+ var parts []string
+ // The option "-passfile=FILE" gets transformed to
+ // "-extpass="/bin/cat -- FILE". We don't want to split FILE on spaces,
+ // so let's handle it manually.
+ passfileCat := "/bin/cat -- "
+ if strings.HasPrefix(extpass, passfileCat) {
+ parts = []string{"/bin/cat", "--", extpass[len(passfileCat):]}
+ } else {
+ parts = strings.Split(extpass, " ")
+ }
cmd := exec.Command(parts[0], parts[1:]...)
cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
pipe, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()