[2285] in RedHat Linux List
Re: More netcfg and ppp observations - security implication?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bomber)
Fri Nov 1 22:33:36 1996
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 19:30:01 -0800 (PST)
From: bomber@globalpac.com (bomber)
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In-Reply-To: <199611020153.UAA00416@gaffa.voicenet.com>
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> Something similarly insidious happens for those of us who use popclient to
> retrieve mail. I have a shell script that reads,
>
> popclient -3 -u billd -p <passwd> mail.voicenet.com -o /var/spool/mail/billd
>
> needless to say, the password is readily obtainable via the ps command.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
yeah, just don't specify the password option (leave out the -p <passwd>)
in your command. popclient will then prompt you for the jpassword after
you enter your initial command, and the jpassword option won't be visible
from 'ps -aux'. try it! :)
bomber
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