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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a set of commands to run and verify they work before doing a new release.
+# Eventually they should also use the -J flag to generate JSON output, and a program should
+# be written to check the output.
+# Be sure to test both client and server on Linux, BSD, and OSX
+#
+
+#
+set -x
+
+binary=./src/iperf3
+output=/tmp/iperf3_auth_tmp.txt
+
+# Generate keys and authorized user file
+
+#sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
+openssl genrsa -out private.pem 2048
+openssl rsa -in private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out public.pem
+
+#user,sha256(pwd)
+S_USER=mario S_PASSWD=luigi
+echo $U_USER
+SHA=$(echo -n "{$S_USER}$S_PASSWD" | sha256sum | awk '{ print $1 }')
+echo ${S_USER},${SHA} > authorized-user.txt
+cat authorized-user.txt
+
+# Run Server
+
+${binary} -s --rsa-private-key-path=./private.pem  --authorized-user=./authorized-user.txt &> ${output} &
+
+# Run Client
+
+IPERF3_PASSWORD=${S_PASSWD} ${binary} -c localhost --rsa-public-key-path=./public.pem --username=${S_USER}
+IPERF3_PASSWORD="very incorrect" ${binary} -c localhost --rsa-public-key-path=./public.pem --username=${S_USER}
+IPERF3_PASSWORD="very,very,very, incorrect, and really, really, really, really, really long. Just to check." ${binary} -c localhost --rsa-public-key-path=./public.pem --username=${S_USER}
+IPERF3_PASSWORD=${S_PASSWD} ${binary} -c localhost --rsa-public-key-path=./public.pem --username=${S_USER}
+
+pkill ${binary}
+
+cat ${output}
+rm ${output}