Function SetConfigPassword

fs/config/crypt.go:272–316

SetConfigPassword will set the configKey to the hash of the password. If the length of the password is zero after trimming+normalization, an error is returned.

(password string)

// the password. If the length of the password is
// zero after trimming+normalization, an error is returned.
func SetConfigPassword(password string) error {
	password, err := checkPassword(password)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// Create SHA256 has of the password
	sha := sha256.New()
	_, err = sha.Write([]byte("[" + password + "][rclone-config]"))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	configKey = sha.Sum(nil)
	if PassConfigKeyForDaemonization {
		tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "rclone")
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("cannot create temp file to store configKey: %w", err)
		}
		_, err = tempFile.WriteString(obscure.MustObscure(string(configKey)))
		if err != nil {
			errRemove := os.Remove(tempFile.Name())
			if errRemove != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("error writing configKey to temp file and also error deleting it: %w", err)
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("error writing configKey to temp file: %w", err)
		}
		err = tempFile.Close()
		if err != nil {
			errRemove := os.Remove(tempFile.Name())
			if errRemove != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("error closing temp file with configKey and also error deleting it: %w", err)
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("error closing temp file with configKey: %w", err)
		}
		fs.Debugf(nil, "saving configKey to temp file")
		err = os.Setenv("_RCLONE_CONFIG_KEY_FILE", tempFile.Name())
		if err != nil {
			errRemove := os.Remove(tempFile.Name())
			if errRemove != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("unable to set environment variable _RCLONE_CONFIG_KEY_FILE and unable to delete the temp file: %w", err)
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to set environment variable _RCLONE_CONFIG_KEY_FILE: %w", err)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// ClearConfigPassword sets the current the password to empty
func ClearConfigPassword() {