Re: lynx-dev passing the authentication login/password via a file?

[dickey]

> 
> We are using "lynx" on a UNIX box to download files from a secure site.  We 
> currently pass the login and password using the "-auth" argument.  It works 
> well.  However, my concern is that while it is running, any user can do a 
> "ps"  
> and see the login and password in clear text.  I was wondering if there is 
> a way to have the login and password in a file, or set in an environment 
> variable instead of having it used on the command line. 

no - iirc it's only from the commandline; we'd have to implement it -
a file maybe (environment variables are not necessarily secure either)
  
> Thank you, Steven. 


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