This repo is not being maintained anymore. Further development is happening here: https://github.com/gandalf3/irssi-passwd
the script receives passwords from other scripts (like gnomekeyring.py) and uses them to connect to a server or in any command
The passwd.pl script needs a modified version if irssi. Apply the patch irssi-connection-set-key.patch, then compile and install.
cd path/to/irssi_src
patch -p1 < path/to/irssi-connection-set-key.patch
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install
move passwd.pl to ~/.irssi/scripts create a symlink in ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/ to ~/.irssi/scripts/passwd.pl
The default config file is ~/.irssi/passwd and can be changed with the setting config_file in the passwd section. In the config file you can store a command which will print the password for the password_id to stdout. The password_id ([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+) and the command are seperated by a : (colon), each pair is seperated by a newline:
example_id : echo "mypassword"
example_keyring : python ~/.irssi/scripts/gnomekeyring.py mykeyring nameofthekey
/passwd password_id irc_command
will replace the string <password> in irc_command with the password received from the command associated with password_id. irc_command is executed at the end.
/passwd example_id /echo <password>
The script looks up the command associated with example_id in the config file (echo "mypassword"), execute it and replace <password> with the output ("mypassword"). The result (/echo "mypassword") is executed.
/passwd example_keyring /msg NickServ identify <password>
Here the script will identify your nick with the password from the gnome keyring.
If the script is loaded it will automatically replace <password:password_id> in the server config with the value received from to command associated with password_id when the server is connecting.
{
address = "irc.freenode.net";
chatnet = "Freenode";
password = "user:<password:example_id>";
autoconnect = "yes";
}
Assuming the following config, irssi will automatically connect to irc.freenode.net, replace "user:<password:example_id>" with "user:mypassword" and login.