Bug#1251: ppp gives out password

[richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard Kettlewell)]

Package: ppp
Version: 2.1.2b-1

/etc/ppp/ppp-connect as shipped will put the PPP account's password in
a world-readable ps listing.

sfere:richard$ really ip start
starting /usr/sbin/pppd ...
sfere:richard$ ps xawu
USER       PID %CPU %MEM SIZE  RSS TTY STAT START   TIME COMMAND
[...]
root      2037  0.0  4.6  117  328 s02 S    03:26   0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd
root      2038  1.2  5.8  286  416 s02 S    03:26   0:00 sh /etc/ppp/ppp-connect
root      2039  0.4  2.0   38  148 s02 S    03:26   0:00 /usr/sbin/chat ATM0DT576815 CONNECT  ogin: sfere word: [password edited out]
sfere:richard$

ttfn/rjk