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Ben Ocean wrote:

>Hi;
>I'm trying to write a startup script for mod_apache but I don't know how 
>I'm supposed to automate entering a passphrase. Furthermore, isn't that a 
>security compromise? What to do? Here's my script but it lacks the entering 
>of the passphrase:

Then don't use a passphrase.  You gain no security at all by requiring 
a passphrase and then storing it in plain text in a script.  If your 
key requires a passphrase, you must be present at boot time to enter 
it.

- -d

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David Talkington

PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp
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