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Re: lynx-dev passing the authentication login/password via a file?
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev passing the authentication login/password via a file? |
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Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:15:40 -0400 (EDT) |
>
> We are using "lynx" on a UNIX box to download files from a secure site. We
> currently pass the login and password using the "-auth" argument. It works
> well. However, my concern is that while it is running, any user can do a
> "ps"
> and see the login and password in clear text. I was wondering if there is
> a way to have the login and password in a file, or set in an environment
> variable instead of having it used on the command line.
no - iirc it's only from the commandline; we'd have to implement it -
a file maybe (environment variables are not necessarily secure either)
> Thank you, Steven.
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