模拟加密/ SSH /终端

Question

Has anyone had any success or have any ideas on what would be the best way to mock entry (for testing purposes) to a term.ReadPassword(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) call in the golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal package?

I have tried creating a temp file (vs os.Stdin) and writing string values like testing or testing to the temp file but I get the error inappropriate ioctl for device. I'm guessing it is something TTY related or a specific format that is missing(?) but I really am not sure.

Help appreciated.

Answer 1

If you are stubbing this test by creating a fake file that os.Stdin is referencing, your tests will become tremendously OS specific when you try to handle ReadPassword(). This is because under the hood Go is compiling separate syscalls depending on the OS. ReadPassword() is implemented here, but the syscalls based on architecture and OS are in this directory. As you can see there are many. I cannot think of a good way to stub this test in the way you are specifying.

With the limited understanding of your problem the solution I would propose would be to inject a simple interface along the lines of:

type PasswordReader interface {
    ReadPassword(fd int) ([]byte, error)
}

func (pr PasswordReader) ReadPassword(fd int) ([]byte, error) {
    return terminal.ReadPassword(fd)
}

This way you can pass in a fake object to your tests, and stub the response to ReadPassword. I know this feels like writing your code for your tests, but you can reframe this thought as terminal is an outside dependency (I/O) that should be injected! So now your tests are not only ensuring your code works, but actually helping you make good design decisions.