[Nix-dev] Best way to store strong passwords in nix configuration file

[Fabian Schmitthenner]

Hi Erik,

besides " and \ also ${ needs to be escaped as written in the manual
(https://nixos.org/nix/manual/ Section 15.1).

Fabian

On 01/12/2016 03:48 PM, 4levels wrote:
> Hi Nix Devs,
> 
> I'm really struggling to get strong passwords correctly parsed in my nix
> configuration files.  I keep getting errors about unexpected $end or
> $undefined at wrong places (eg. there is no $ or ; anywhere near the
> reported failure).
> Deleting the passwords from the nix config file solves this, so the
> error is definitely related to the contents of these strings.
> 
> I'm using a random password generator to create strong passwords, like
> ETrai_5{h'aG,MQ:
> I've tried writing them with double quotes, double single quotes and
> single quotes, with and without escaping, all to no avail.  I also can't
> seem to find a list of the characters that should be escaped (I only see
> " and \ and those are not in those passwords.
> 
> Do you have any tips on how to store many different strong password and
> use it in nix configuration files?  I need those passwords to be in an
> object structure so I can build custom config files from them.
> 
> For the record, I'm using git-crypt to prevent these files from being
> read by unauthorized clients / people
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
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