From: Radek <fotopiper@o2.pl>
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Subject: [Bluez-devel] PIN helper
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 22:19:25 +0100

Hello,
from whot I had read in the net there had been some controversies about
the pinhelpers. The d-bus one need d-bus, and the python one need some
extra libs as well as X..
Maybe it was thougt before.. but I would suggest using a different
method. A list of devices with coresponding pins. This gives the
possibilities to have a different pin for different devices (important
especially if you have some that have a fixed pin:0000, not a very
secure idea for a default pin) and possibly a default pin as an option.
A very simple script that does that:

#!/bin/sh
echo "PIN:"$(grep $2 /etc/bluetooth/pins|sed s/.*PIN\://)

Not a very clean solusion (sorry I'm no programer, and my knowledge of
bash/sh is limited) but portable (bysybox suports all that is needed).
The obviously in format:

anything countaining the HWaddress of the device PIN: and the pin

this gives the possibility to have something like this:

00:0E:05:05:04:02; My cat; PIN:0000
00:0E:05:05:04:01; The dog; PIN:1111432334

It would be better if the script checked the files permisions, gave an
option to use a default pin and maybe some logging... But for that my
current sh knowledge is not enough.. sorry :-(

Still I think this is a beeter solusion, a more universal one, then the
ones shiped with bluez now.. which doesn't meen that the current
helpers are not helpful :)

My regards.

-- 
Radoslaw Rurarz
Warsaw Poland


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