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Subject: Re: Reading configuration from stdin
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On Mon, 2017-12-11 at 04:12 +0000, Aaron Jones wrote:
> On 10/12/17 12:43, Manuel Sch=C3=B6lling wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > Would it make sense (aka be secure) if we make it possible to call
> > 'wg setconf wg0 -' so the wg tool does not read the configuration
> > from a file but from stdin? Same for 'wg set wg0 private-key -' and
> > 'wg set wg0 psk -'?
>=20
> This should already be possible via `wg setconf wg0 /dev/stdin', no?
Duh, you're right. I totally forgot about /dev/stdin 'cause tools like
cat use '-'!