#3551: Please use env vars instead of cmd line parameters for credentials
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Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Default | Version: unspecified
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Platform: Unspecified |
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Note that username and password are visible to all users by using simple
commands which list running processes. That is not a good thing o do, it
would be better using a pair of environment variables instead.
#3551: Please use env vars instead of cmd line parameters for credentials
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Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Default | Version: unspecified
Resolution: | Keywords:
CPU: Unspecified | Platform: Unspecified
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Comment (by marisn):
It's not that easy. Setting env variables for Windows users is not so
common as for *nix'ers. IMHO a correct solution would be to accept both –
env variables and command line parameters + add an explanation in
documentation. Thus on typical single user Windows boxes nothing would
change, but multiuser *nix users will be able to not expose their
credentials by using env vars.