From 288fb921f05854ade88123e628997b73aa2e47cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MadcowOG <null>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:15:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issue with password parsing. When parsing control.conf
 or password file, a newline character is picked up causing Authentication
 Errors.

---
 app/request.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/request.py b/app/request.py
index 5bab1ac..aa2003b 100644
--- a/app/request.py
+++ b/app/request.py
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ def send_tor_signal(signal: Signal) -> bool:
                     # Scan for the last line of the file.
                     for line in conf:
                         pass
-                    secret = line.strip('\n')
+                    secret = line
+                    if ( '\n' in line ):
+                        secret = line.strip('\n')
                 authenticate_password(c, password=secret)
             else:
                 cookie_path = '/var/lib/tor/control_auth_cookie'