Adding a way to reset the admin password via CLI without any user int…

…eraction (#3912) * feat(cli): Allow unattended password reset via CLI This commit adds a way to reset the admin password via CLI without any user interaction (unattended operation). It adds an optional `new_password` CLI argument that, when present is used instead of prompting the user for password and password confirmation. It also makes sure the user is informed the password could leak into it's shell history (it's up to him to do some cleaning if needed/wanted). * Change to dash style * Add dry-run * Fix number password issue --------- Co-authored-by: Louis Lam <[email protected]>
louislam · Dec 4, 2023 · 478403e · 478403e
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diff --git a/extra/reset-password.js b/extra/reset-password.js
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ const rl = readline.createInterface({
 });
 
 const main = async () => {
+    if ("dry-run" in args) {
+        console.log("Dry run mode, no changes will be made.");
+    }
+
     console.log("Connecting the database");
     Database.initDataDir(args);
     await Database.connect(false, false, true);
@@ -27,15 +31,26 @@ const main = async () => {
             console.log("Found user: " + user.username);
 
             while (true) {
-                let password = await question("New Password: ");
-                let confirmPassword = await question("Confirm New Password: ");
+                let password;
+                let confirmPassword;
 
-                if (password === confirmPassword) {
-                    await User.resetPassword(user.id, password);
+                // When called with "--new-password" argument for unattended modification (e.g. npm run reset-password -- --new_password=secret)
+                if ("new-password" in args) {
+                    console.log("Using password from argument");
+                    console.warn("\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m", "Warning: the password might be stored, in plain text, in your shell's history");
+                    password = confirmPassword = args["new-password"] + "";
+                } else {
+                    password = await question("New Password: ");
+                    confirmPassword = await question("Confirm New Password: ");
+                }
 
-                    // Reset all sessions by reset jwt secret
-                    await initJWTSecret();
+                if (password === confirmPassword) {
+                    if (!("dry-run" in args)) {
+                        await User.resetPassword(user.id, password);
 
+                        // Reset all sessions by reset jwt secret
+                        await initJWTSecret();
+                    }
                     break;
                 } else {
                     console.log("Passwords do not match, please try again.");