Bug#378856: [Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#378856: bluez-utils: passkey-agent docs insufficient

[Filippo Giunchedi]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 01:20:42PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> Package: bluez-utils
> Severity: minor
> 
> Hi,
> 
> questions for passkey-agent:
> 
>   * do I have to run it as root?

no

>   * Which address am I to give on the command line?

the destination bluetooth address, or --default for every outgoing pin request.

>   * How can I deliver the passkey to passkey-agent without having it
>     showing up on the command line and thus in /proc?

this is a good point indeed, see next question

>   * Is there a operation mode where the pin is requested via a popup?

no, but it would rather easy to do, listen on dbus for pin request and popup as
needed.
However, I'm going to modify passkey-agent to read passkey from /etc/bluetooth/default_passkey.

>   * How can I make passkey-agent actually register, avoiding repeated
>     "call_passkey_agent(): no agent registered" errors in syslog?

launch passkey-agent --default <passkey> or passkey-agent <passkey> <btaddr>

filippo
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