Ishaaq,
your password doesn't belong in your chatscript,
it belongs in pap-secrets or chap-secrets..pppd will find them and use
them appropriately.
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Ishaaq K Chandy wrote:
> Hi, I forgot to add this problem to my last post:
>
> In my ppp-dialing script I have a line that goes something like this:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd connect `chat -v "" ATDTmyispnumber CONNECT "" login: username
> assword: password "" PPP` /dev/cua1 38400 debug crtscts modem defaultroute
>
> Now the problem is that immediately after running the script if I run a 'ps' I
> can get my password in all its plain-text glory!! How can I overcome this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ishaaq Chandy
>
Tom (I haven't had to reboot my computer in over days) Myro
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