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Re: Bug#253700: konqueror history exposure of username and password



El Jueves, 10 de Junio de 2004 21:57, Kevin Krammer escribió:
> It still shouldn't display the password part, there was a fix for that in
> bookmark handling if memory serves me right.
>
> I think it is a valid bug report concerning security.

If you type:

$ mysqladmin -u root -psecret

Then it's stored on .bash_history (if using bash, of course), and another user 
can see it pressing the up cursor. IMHO, if you type a password in clear, 
you're exposed to that kind of things. ;-)

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