keybase / keybase/client

/usr/bin/keybase logout fails to work from crontab

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Description

Platform: Ubuntu 17.04

On certain machines, staying logged into keybase at all the times is not desirable. I'd like to automate logout from a crontab. "keybase logout" works just fine if I execute it as my current user. However, if I add it to my current user's crontab, it won't work and returns error code 2.

I presume there's some sort of environment issue going on here, but would really like to make this work. Any thoughts on what needs to take place?

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Start by reproducing keybase logout interactively and from the current user's crontab on Ubuntu 17.04, comparing the environments and the reported error code 2. Trace the CLI's logout entry point and document the required environment or behavior so the same command succeeds from cron.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
authentication, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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