[Gnumed-devel] Re: bootstrap*

[Andreas Tille]

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> There is one in wxPython which isn't used by bootstrap*, of
> course. I am not aware of one for plain Python. However,
> Hilmar volunteered to write one - which isn't really hard.
I think so.

> OTOH, one wouldn't be typing in at the command line but rather
> run a shell script that stores the approprate options
> including the passwords (or rather postinst will run this
> script). Hence the passwords would not appear on-screen so
> they can stand behind you all they want.
OK.

> (BTW, didn't you want to go have coffee anyways ?).
May be the best solution ist to ask the person behind you to go
for a coffee.

> What I don't know is how to hide passwords in the command line
> *options*, i.e. someone looping "ps -axfwwww" on the machine
> in question thusly sniffing
>
> bootstrap* --pw-gm-dbowner=<a password>
I do not know any way to prevent this and this is the problem
with the shell method.  I do not know whether this could be
prevented by a popen call inside your script.

Kind regards

        Andreas.