pinentry

Documentation

Overview

Package pinentry implements a PIN/passphrase entry dialog.

Index

• type PINEntry
  • func New(binaryName string) *PINEntry
  • func (pe *PINEntry) GetPassphrase(desc, keyID string, tries int) ([]byte, error)
  • func (pe *PINEntry) GetPin(k SecurityKey) func() (string, error)
• type SecurityKey

Types

type PINEntry

type PINEntry struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

PINEntry implements useful pinentry service methods.

func New

func New(binaryName string) *PINEntry

New initialises a new PINEntry.

func (*PINEntry) GetPassphrase

func (pe *PINEntry) GetPassphrase(desc, keyID string, tries int) ([]byte, error)

GetPassphrase uses pinentry to get the passphrase of the given key file.

func (*PINEntry) GetPin

func (pe *PINEntry) GetPin(k SecurityKey) func() (string, error)

GetPin uses pinentry to get the pin of the given token.

type SecurityKey

type SecurityKey interface {
	Card() string
	Retries() (int, error)
	Serial() uint32
}

A SecurityKey is a physical hardware token that requires a PIN.