Changelog-Fixed: Actually make the password argument optional for `guesstoremote` and `dumpcommitments` sub-commands, as shown in our documentation and help text.
Reported by `Barno` on #c-lightning IRC.
Changelog-Added: We now install `lightning-hsmtool` for your `hsm_secret` needs.
See: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/3717#issuecomment-644844594
It seems reasonable to add this to the standard install, and to document it properly as well, hopefully we can fill in the documentation better later on.
TIL: `rename` doesn't like its source and target to be on different
partitions. This was causing the `hsmtool` tests to fail whenever we ran them
on a different partition than the lightning-dir (e.g., `/dev/shm` for faster
testing), because we made the backup copy in the current working directory.
This changes this and creates the backup next to the original file, which has
a reasonable chance to be on the same partition.
Changelog-Changed: hsmtool: The `hsmtool` now creates its backup copy in the same directory as the original `hsm_secret` file.
This, in the case of data loss on a channel with `option_static_remotekey`
negotiated, allows to likely (if the dbid is not unreasonable) recover
the funds from a remote unilateral close just with the hsm_secret.
Changelog-added: A new command, 'guesstoremote', is added to the hsmtool. It is meant to be used to recover funds after an unilateral close of a channel with `option_static_remotekey` enabled.
This takes a dbid, a "depth" (how many points to dump), the hsm_secret
path, and a potential password to dump informations about all
commitments until the depth.
Co-Authored-By: Sjors Provoost <sjors@sprovoost.nl>
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