+local secret = nil
+
+-- Loads a secret from a file, creates a secret, or returns one from memory.
+function get_secret()
+ if secret ~= nil then
+ return secret
+ end
+ local secret_file = io.open(secret_filename, "r")
+ if secret_file == nil then
+ local old_umask = sysstat.umask(63)
+ local temporary_filename = secret_filename .. ".tmp." .. crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(16))
+ local temporary_file = io.open(temporary_filename, "w")
+ if temporary_file == nil then
+ os.exit(177)
+ end
+ temporary_file:write(crypto.hex(crypto.rand.bytes(32)))
+ temporary_file:close()
+ unistd.link(temporary_filename, secret_filename) -- Intentionally fails in the case that another process is doing the same.
+ unistd.unlink(temporary_filename)
+ sysstat.umask(old_umask)
+ secret_file = io.open(secret_filename, "r")
+ end
+ if secret_file == nil then
+ os.exit(177)
+ end
+ secret = secret_file:read()
+ secret_file:close()
+ if secret:len() ~= 64 then
+ os.exit(177)
+ end
+ return secret
+end