>> Actually, I do not automate it. This is the command that I use to make >> the tarball: >> $ tar -zcvf - /home/user/ | openssl des3 -salt -k PASSWORD | dd of=DATE.tbz >> >> And this one to decrypt it: >> $ dd if=DATE.tbz | openssl des3 -d -k PASSWORD | tar zvxf - > > So you password appears in cleartext in the shell history, probably in > some logs, is ps output, etc? >
Actually, I am aware of that problem. I had considered writing a shell script to automatically add the date and ask for the password, but decided that will be my opportunity to learn python instead. So until I have a spare day to get into Python I'm doing it this way. It is a single user system, which is not an excuse, but it mitigates risks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
