Re: sending password in the command line

To: Benjamin Smith <bsmith@14inverleith.freeserve.co.uk>, debian-security@lists.debian.org
Cc: Pedro Zorzenon Neto <pzn@terra.com.br>
Subject: Re: sending password in the command line
From: Merlin <merlin@camelot.co.pt>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:16:16 +0000
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References: <[🔎] 20011227152702.GA17956@mantis.autsens.localnet> <[🔎] 20011227162203.GD1770@mortox> <[🔎] 20011227164651.GB23555@vtrl22.vtrl.co.uk>

On Thursday 27 December 2001 16:46, Benjamin Smith wrote:
>
> Because that doesn't solve the original problem of the password being
> visible on the command line. The environment and the stdin were two
> suggested ways of passing the password.
>

Why is all that for ?
Isn't you who's writing the program? Why don't you program just ask the 
password?

Merlin

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