> Michel Beland wrote: > > > > > word \qabcdefg\q > > > > This is very bad ! With the \q at the end, the password is shown in > > files /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/messages, which are readable by > > everyone by default. You should only specify \qabcdefg so that the > > password is replaced by a string of question marks in log files. > > I am not familiar with the qabcdefg technique you are discussing. > > In order to avoid having my password visible to the world, I break > up my script into two files.
[ ... ] > "" ATDT9342100 CONNECT "" ogin:-BREAK-ogin: <my login id> ssword: <my > password> ^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, this means that you will get the full password inside /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/messages (or whatever file that receives the output from syslogd). Look up these files and you will see. The cure is to write \q<my password>, which tells ppp (or chat) that the following string should not appear in log files. I do not know why having another \q after the password makes it fail, but it does. -- Michel Beland [EMAIL PROTECTED] professionnel de recherche tel: (514)369-5223 fax: (514)369-3880 CERCA (CEntre de Recherche en Calcul Applique) 5160, boul. Decarie, bureau 400(423), Montreal (Quebec), Canada, H3X 2H9