add bug about gpg_authentication_cmd.
authorJameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu>
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:22:29 +0000 (22:22 -0700)
committerJameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu>
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:22:29 +0000 (22:22 -0700)
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+In monkeysphere-server, the gpg\_authentication function, and
+consequently the gpg\_authentication\_cmd, currently requires that all
+arguments be put in a single quoted argument, eg:
+
+             gpg_authentication "--list-key --with-colons --with-fingerprint 0x${keyID}!"
+
+This is obviously a little lame, but it seems to be necessary to do
+the necessary argument passing from the function, to the su function
+called as the monkeysphere user that controls the gpg authentication
+keyring.
+
+I'm not sure how to fix it.  I think the problem is mostly in how
+arguments are passed to su.
+
+-- Big Jimmy.