On 19/04/2012, Ivan Kanakarakis <ivan.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > because ii takes as an argument > the password/-k, > the password is exposed to anyone that can see what processes are running > (top/htop). > > As no process can hide its arguments, how should one go around this ? > > - reading the passwd from a file (overkill ?)
Why overkill?
$ ii -k `{cat pwf}
Mind, the password is sent in the clear, so anyone on the same network
segment, or otherwise in the way, can read it anyhow.
