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Old 20th October 2017
gustaf gustaf is offline
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Default doas in shell script ?

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to run this line in a shell script:
Code:
doas dd if=${dldir}/install${vers}.fs of=/dev/rsd1c bs=1m
The variables exist to keep the script maintainable.

Normally, I would just add a restrictive permit nopass gustaf cmd... args... line to /etc/doas.conf, but doas.conf(5) doesn't recognize variables and doas(1) throws a syntax error.

If I run this line in the script and doas fails, I have to re-run the entire script since doas doesn't have any option for re-trying after password failure.

Is there a way to create a loop (or something else) that will coax doas into re-asking for a password after a failed attempt so that the script can carry on?

Thanks

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ibara ibara is offline
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Like most other shell utilities, doas(1) returns 0 on success and >0 on failure. You can wrap that in a loop.
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Old 20th October 2017
gustaf gustaf is offline
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There are two exit codes and therefore, two possible points of failure: doas and the command.

Wrapping an exit code test in a loop does what I expect -- until doas(1) succeeds (exit 0), but the command fails (exit >0). The command failure is reported correctly, but the program is stuck in an infinite loop because the exit code for the command is not zero.

To test this, I made a simple script:
Code:
# Write a trace for each command.
set -x

doas ls ~/NoDirectory
until [ $? -eq 0 ]
do
  doas ls ~/NoDirectory
done

echo 'Script successfully completed!'

OUTPUT:
#   + doas ls /home/gustaf/NoDirectory
#   doas (gustaf...) password: 
#   ls: /home/gustaf/NoDirectory: No such file or directory
#   + [ 1 -eq 0 ]
#   + doas ls /home/gustaf/NoDirectory
#   doas (gustaf...) password:
#   ls: /home/gustaf/NoDirectory: No such file or directory
#   + [ 1 -eq 0 ]
#   + doas ls /home/gustaf/NoDirectory
#   doas (gustaf...) password
The loop is supposed to be for doas(1) only. I need some way to report an error and exit the script if the command fails.
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