Private passphrase showing digits on terminal

[rodrigondec]

The splitticketbuyer CLI asks for my private wallet passphrase.

The input on terminal for the passprhase doesn't hide my input digits

This goes against every security principle I know!

[matheusd]

I was pretty sure I documented this somewhere, but seems that I didn't.

This follows the same pattern as for unlocking the wallet for CLI users, so you need to use the promptsecret app (see the docs for unlocking dcrwallet when running (promptsecret | splitticketbuyer ...).

But anyway, I'll see to more explicitly call that out and bring in echo off.

[rodrigondec]

Yes, I followed the oficial client CLI docs. And it didn't mention the promptsecret.

Ty

[rodrigondec]

Found the docs with instructions on manual configuration docs.

Didn't access this link on my first configuration. Should it be on another page as well?

[chen-ky]

I wrote a bash script which will read from stdin for your password without revealing it in the terminal. The script is available here. The script will also automatically retry buying tickets if previous attempt failed.