#996773 barrier: man pages lack description of crypto mode

Package:
barrier
Source:
barrier
Description:
Share mouse, keyboard and clipboard over the network
Submitter:
Phil Endecott
Date:
2021-10-18 13:09:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#996773#5
Date:
2021-10-18 13:06:03 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

The man pages for barriers and barrierc don't say anything about
how to use the --enable-crypto mode.

This time I was setting up a new client. By looking at the output
when run with -d DEBUG -f, I determined that on the client I needed
to create a file
~/.local/share/barrier/SSL/Fingerprints/TrustedServers.txt
containing the fingerprint of the server, which I found in
~/.local/share/barrier/SSL/Fingerprints/Local.txt on the server.
Is there supposed to be a simpler way to do that?

(I have a Linux barrier server, one Mac client (homebrew package)
and one Linux client. I enabled crypto on the server because
the barrier GUI on the Mac doesn't have an option to disable it.
I recall having some trouble doing that, but I forget the details
now.)


Thanks, Phil.