Thread: Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens

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> authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
> be read by others using <command>ps -e</command>.

[snip long discussion on the shortcoming of 'ps'...]

Can't we just say something generic like:

"because on some (inferior) platforms other user's 
environment variables can be read."?

(Ok, without the "inferior"...mmmm..Linux :)


Greg Sabino Mullane
greg@turnstep.com
PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200111281755

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