From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: Jone <yeger9@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Customize PAM configuration
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 18:14:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tvapuhe8.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH6o9V8m7axxqOe1hParW3V1xuhBP9AZpWT6ZgG8LrHDkfSV0g@mail.gmail.com>
Jone <yeger9@gmail.com> writes:
> The password is entered once at login and exported
> to environment variable. As a result, password is available during the user
> session (for some automation with bash scripts).
Please know that environment variables are readable in /proc and in the
output of process managers. An environment variable is not a good place
for a secret.
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-10 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-09 17:58 Customize PAM configuration Jone
2019-08-10 14:44 ` Timothy Sample
2019-08-10 18:55 ` Jone
2019-08-10 16:14 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2019-08-10 19:52 ` Jone
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