Unable to generate passwords using ./gen-passwords.sh

Install & Config
1

Hi I’m attempting to deploy docker-jitsi-meet on Ubuntu 22.04

However, after giving permissions to execute the bash script inside the docker-jitsi-meet folder:

cd docker-jitsi-meet
sudo chmod +x gen-passwords.sh

I’m getting ,

gen-passwords.sh: command not found

I then tried

bash gen-passwords.sh

and I now get the following set of errors :

gen-passwords.sh: line 2: $'\r': command not found
gen-passwords.sh: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `$'{\r''
'en-passwords.sh: line 3: `function generatePassword() {

I havent changed anything in the script :slight_smile:

Here it is anyways:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

function generatePassword() {
    openssl rand -hex 16
}

JICOFO_AUTH_PASSWORD=$(generatePassword)
JVB_AUTH_PASSWORD=$(generatePassword)
JIGASI_XMPP_PASSWORD=$(generatePassword)
JIBRI_RECORDER_PASSWORD=$(generatePassword)
JIBRI_XMPP_PASSWORD=$(generatePassword)

sed -i.bak \
    -e "s#JICOFO_AUTH_PASSWORD=.*#JICOFO_AUTH_PASSWORD=${JICOFO_AUTH_PASSWORD}#g" \
    -e "s#JVB_AUTH_PASSWORD=.*#JVB_AUTH_PASSWORD=${JVB_AUTH_PASSWORD}#g" \
    -e "s#JIGASI_XMPP_PASSWORD=.*#JIGASI_XMPP_PASSWORD=${JIGASI_XMPP_PASSWORD}#g" \
    -e "s#JIBRI_RECORDER_PASSWORD=.*#JIBRI_RECORDER_PASSWORD=${JIBRI_RECORDER_PASSWORD}#g" \
    -e "s#JIBRI_XMPP_PASSWORD=.*#JIBRI_XMPP_PASSWORD=${JIBRI_XMPP_PASSWORD}#g" \
    "$(dirname "$0")/.env"
2

Sounds like a problem with linefeed format in the file. Was it copied over from a Windows machine?

If so, you can fix the line feeds using:

dos2unix gen-passwords.sh
1 Like
3

Hi Shawn,

The packaged docker-jitsi-meet.7z files were just transferred from windows to ubuntu 22.04 on gcp 22.04. I changed nothing in the file itself for there is no reason to do so if its a working script. Still the problem can arise ?

4

Yes. Text files in windows use different line ending char from Unix/Linux. Some transfer methods would automatically change the chars to suit the target host, but since you transferred it within a 7zip file that would not have happened.

Have you tried the dos2unix command?

5

The doc2unix command worked. Also was able to generate new passwords this time. Thank you shawn. I’m also struggling on this part. Could you take some time to help ? I’m asking cause it maybe related this this conversion to unix issue itself.