BTW, Adam, I suspect you might be using the console in the GUI, and that might be under Windows for all I know, but I usually do it this way on the command line under Linux:
echo -n "Password: ";bitcoind walletpassphrase `stty -echo;read p;echo $p;stty echo` 60; echo This uses the JSON API to unlock the wallet (for 60 seconds; which is the "60" at the end), and should work for either the GUI (if you start it with the -server flag) or the headless bitcoind. It keeps the password that you type off the console, and also keeps it out of the history file. The only issue with it is that it will show up in the process tree as an argument of the command for the period of time that the JSON API is being prepared and sent, which should be fairly short. This might be a concern if you are on a multi-user system (you probably shouldn't be doing this anyway), or worry that spyware might be monitoring for passwords (though if you are worried about spyware, you should already be concerned about keyloggers, so...) I doubt this will work (without significant modifications) on Windows without Cygwin, though. -Craig On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 02:16:41PM +0200, Adam Back wrote: > Hi > > Three minor security/other issues: > > 1. please a way to unlock the wallet without displaying wallet password in > console screen (console unlock wallet, to import priv key); or ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
