[WBEL-users] The Terminal Remembers!

Luke Scharf lscharf@aoe.vt.edu
Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:59:40 -0500


On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 18:01, Dan Geist wrote:
> Also, don't run commands with passwords on the CLI. If they need them,
> they're poorly written.

The password can also show up in the "ps" and "top" list if they're
typed on the command line.

If the application requires a password on the command line, the author
should be soundly beaten with a clue-by-for and then presented with
tinfoil hat.  :-)

-Luke

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Luke Scharf, Systems Administrator
Virginia Tech Aerospace and Ocean Engineering