From 20ca89d4529ad04c394ce8e1079530d9918ebf44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Lancaster <32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 11:21:22 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] updating prompt

---
 scripts/ssh-server-check.sh | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/ssh-server-check.sh b/scripts/ssh-server-check.sh
index ff6ae13..ac24c80 100755
--- a/scripts/ssh-server-check.sh
+++ b/scripts/ssh-server-check.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-GREEN_CHECK="\e[32m✔\e[0m"
-RED_X="\e[31m✗\e[0m"
-YELLOW_BANG="\e[33m!\e[0m"
+#
+# Env vars
+#
 
+# SSH config paths
 SSH_CFG_DIR="/etc/ssh"
 SSH_USER_CA="$SSH_CFG_DIR/ssh_user_ca.pub"
 SSH_HOST_KEY="$SSH_CFG_DIR/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
 SSH_HOST_PUBLIC_KEY="$SSH_HOST_KEY.pub"
 SSH_HOST_CERT="$SSH_HOST_KEY-cert.pub"
 
+GREEN_CHECK="\e[32m✔\e[0m"
+RED_X="\e[31m✗\e[0m"
+YELLOW_BANG="\e[33m!\e[0m"
+
 #
 # Function Definition
 #
 
-
 # This test loads the sshd config to see what values actually get parsed.
 ssh_config_val() {
     local field="$1"
@@ -28,6 +32,27 @@ ssh_config_val() {
     echo $(sshd -T 2>/dev/null | grep -i "^$field " | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')
 }
 
+prompt_user() {
+    local title="\e[1m${1:-Title}\e[0m"
+    local prompt="${2:-Prompt for the user}"
+    local msg="$title: $prompt"
+
+    echo -n -e "$YELLOW_BANG  $msg"
+    read -p " (y/n) " -n 1 -r
+    echo
+
+    update_prompt() {
+        echo -en "\e[1A\r\e[K"
+        echo -e "$1  $msg  $REPLY"
+    }
+
+    if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+        update_prompt $GREEN_CHECK
+    elif [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Nn]$ ]]; then
+        update_prompt $RED_X
+    fi
+}
+
 
 sign_host_cert() {
     local if="eth0"
@@ -92,8 +117,10 @@ check_ssh_files() {
         success) return ;;
         missing)
             # Do something if trustedusercakeys is missing
-            read -p "Create the trusted keys file? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
-            echo
+            prompt_user "User CA" "Created the trusted keys file?"
+
+            # read -p "Create the trusted keys file? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
+            # echo
             if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
                 (step ssh config --roots > "$path")
                 echo -e "$GREEN_CHECK  Created public key file for SSH user CA"
@@ -144,9 +171,7 @@ EOF
     }
 
     if [[ ! -e $cfg_path ]]; then
-        echo -e "$YELLOW_BANG  sshd not configured to use SSH certs"
-        read -p "Do you want to configure sshd? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
-        echo
+        prompt_user "sshd config" "Do you want to configure sshd?"
         if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
             install_cert_config
             restart_sshd
@@ -175,9 +200,12 @@ restart_sshd() {
 # Run Process
 #
 
-check_cert_config "certs.conf"
-check_ssh_files
+# check_cert_config "certs.conf"
+# check_ssh_files
 
-echo ""
-echo "Host key fingerprint"
-ssh_fingerprint hostkey
+# echo ""
+# echo "Host key fingerprint"
+# ssh_fingerprint hostkey
+
+
+prompt_user
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