decrypt and unarchive file embedded in the script

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I'm trying to create a self-extracting encrypted archive. Here's code that doesn't work for me:

openssl enc -aes-256-cfb -salt -d -a | tar -x -j <<EOF
U2FsdGVkX19f7pGFSqDXJSREp/oDxJD0oii/FYvJlJpO8fB5ttZ/Qc8vSwIOS2y0
QUlWLocow4S1YWf86615Ji3n16RLvhOIRiy9S8DNGXl9C6ea1FYDdiuy2lA75lME
...
8yQIpRng/gXItWlaGJapqW9z2wx7y2im/lPGM8UrwZN9uY3DuRx3XbpMY5yuRWU0
oArQEvKxBAP/bB689j4P291Oauw1E8++na9phkEUXJY=
EOF

output:

enter aes-256-cfb decryption password:tar: Unrecognized archive format
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

embedded base64 data should be decrypted using openssl and its output should be piped into tar. openssl should be able to ask user for a password. If I remove tar pipeline:

openssl enc -aes-256-cfb -salt -d -a >outfile <<EOF
...

then everything works fine. Therefore I assume that openssl can handle password prompt and input from the terminal without interfering with stdin/stdout (probably prompt goes into stderr and password reading is implemented using some tty magic).

I managed to solve this task with the following construction:

{ openssl enc -aes-256-cfb -salt -d -a | tar -x -j; } <<EOF
...

but I don't understand what's wrong with the first script.

Archemar · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-22 18:47:06Z

1

end of here document should be in front (or back of) openssl.

what you did:

sed -e s/^/water/ | sed -e s/^/wine/ <<EOF
hello world
EOF

(and you need to ctrl-d here)

give :

winehello world

only second sed work (just wine, no water), what you must do :

sed -e s/^/water/  <<EOF | sed -e s/^/wine/
hello world
EOF

give :

winewaterhello world

as you see, hello world was turn into waterhello world, then winewaterhello world.

you should try

openssl enc -aes-256-cfb -salt -d -a  <<EOF | tar -x -j

edited Mar 22, 2015 at 18:47

answered Mar 22, 2015 at 14:56

Archemar

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