Re: [dev] [ii] exposed password on process monitoring

From: Strake <strake888_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:12:49 -0500

On 19/04/2012, Connor Lane Smith <cls_AT_lubutu.com> wrote:
> How about making 'ii -k -' read the password from stdin? Flags with
> optional arguments are bad, imo.

Worse yet are flags whose semantics vary by argument.

k flag takes literal password, not file name.

If we want such a feature we ought to add a new flag, as in attached patch.

Cheers,
strake

Received on Thu Apr 19 2012 - 20:12:49 CEST

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