Date: 04 Aug 2000 09:01:26 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Loss of fetch(1) functionality with libfetch Message-ID: <xzpya2dcxx5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Kris Kennaway's message of "Thu, 3 Aug 2000 15:47:15 -0700 (PDT)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008031546120.50478-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> writes: > On 3 Aug 2000, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Since ps(1) no longer allows users to view other users' processes' > > environment, I don't think it's a very big issue anymore. > This behavious is configurable - we shouldn't start relying on it at the > application level. I'm not relying on it - fetch(1) has always had the ability to specify passwords in environment variables. I'm just saying it's less of a problem than it was before. On a related note, I just suddenly remembered about .netrc. Libfetch ought to be able to read FTP logins and passwords from the user's .netrc. I also wonder if it might be meaningful to use .netrc for HTTP servers as well... DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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