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1. Willow (paradox@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 00:55:03 JST Willow

   Ok new question.
   I'm running a shell script provided by my web host that asks for input, but the problem is that it buffers and doesn't accept my input, nor does it print the question, and it does this right before it's supposed to ask.

   I had to look into the script itself to figure this out.

   echo
   echo "To use Let's Encrypt you must agree to their Subscriber Agreement,"
   echo "which is linked from:"
   echo
   echo " https://letsencrypt.org/repository/"
   echo
   echo -n "Do you accept the Let's Encrypt Subscriber Agreement (y/n)? "
   read yes
   case $yes in
   y|Y|yes|YES|Yes|yup)
   break 2
   ;;
   *)
   echo "OK, tls-setup.sh will be aborted."
   return 30
   esac

   My first assumption is that something is wrong with the settings in my WinSCP.
   They also said if I run a custom daemon, which I do, it might not work.

   Thoughts?

   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 00:55:29 JST Machismo

     in reply to
     @Paradox >LE
     Is there a reason you can't run your own script?
   • Willow (paradox@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 01:04:26 JST Willow

     in reply to

     • Machismo

     @Zerglingman
     Important to note that I have never written a shell script before.
     I could try cutting out some middlemen functions, but I'd rather deal with a problem I know how to fix, if there is one.

   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 01:07:47 JST Machismo

     in reply to
     @Paradox Well I was thinking of offering you mine, it's about 200 lines and 0 interaction. And approximately 0 documentation :^)
     There is also acme.sh (8k lines) and acme-dns-tiny.py (400 lines, designed specifically to be auditable). I don't think the latter requires input, not sure about the former. So if you're not restricted to what they provide you (winscp implies ssh access?) then you can work around it in other ways.
   • Willow (paradox@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Oct-2023 01:12:28 JST Willow

     in reply to

     • Machismo

     @Zerglingman This one has about 170 lines. I'd accept it, but this seems to have specific directory makes that I'd have to work into yours, so it's probably better if I just tweak it as-is.
     Just wanted to see if there was something else that might be amiss. Thanks for the help. ^_^