Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1426058
[RFE] request to provide option "--password" for virt-who-password command
Last modified: 2017-08-01 15:24:47 EDT
Description of problem: some customers want to use virt-who-password in their scripts, but it doesn't support interact, no "-p" or "--password" options, please refer to this commit by Marek: https://github.com/virt-who/virt-who/commit/5f49a9febd9fc6109afa0250e31bd5efcfecd8e9 Steps to Reproduce: 1. run virt-who-password with --password or -p # virt-who-password --password admin Password:
*** Bug 1406721 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
it's fixed in virt-who-0.19-1, should change the status to ON_QA and add it to errata list. # virt-who-password --help Usage: virt-who-password Utility that encrypts passwords for virt-who. Enter password that should be encrypted. This encrypted password then can be supplied to virt-who configuration. This command must be executed as root! WARNING: root user can still decrypt encrypted passwords! Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD Password
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2084