From fa1f5cca99940af8982f4c15d24b9a378dadfae2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edoardo Tenani Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 01:14:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update README --- README.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index b4f97a5..a09ac3b 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -152,6 +152,27 @@ be able to use this via Docker; the Docker container will not be able to access any devices connected to the host ports. You will likely see the following error during runtime: "RuntimeWarning: U2F Device Not Found". +Feeding password from stdin +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To enhance usability when using third party tools for managing passwords (aka password manager) you can feed data in +``aws-google-auth`` from ``stdin``. + +When receiving data from ``stdin`` ``aws-google-auth`` disables the interactive prompt and uses ``stdin`` data. + +All interactive prompt could be feeded from ``stdin``, but before `#82 `_ +was not possible to feed the ``Google Password:`` prompt. + +Example usage: +:: + $ password-manager show password | aws-google-auth + Google Password: MFA token: + Assuming arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/admin + Credentials Expiration: ... + +**Note:** this feature is intended for password manager integration, not for passing passwords from command line. +Please use interactive prompt if you need to pass the password manually, as this provide enhanced security avoid +password leakage to shell history. Storage of profile credentials ------------------------------