Re: system passwd viewable via ps -ef

Loyal Barber (lbarber_at_flash.net) wrote:
: Rich Headrick wrote:
: >
: > How do surpass the ps -ef | grep <user>/<passwd>. Is there a way to
: > pass a variable that doesn't show up using ps -ef?
: >
: > Please emial.
: >
: > Best regards,
: >
: > Rich
: I'm not 100% certain I understand the question, but here goes. The
: simple solution
: is don't use username/password on the command line. Change the
: password on the account of anyone using
: username/password on the command line.
:
: If you must pass a username/password on the command line, make
: it a bogus user with no real rights. Then
: have the user re-login.
:
: Loyal Barber
: MCI Systemhouse

You could ask the system administrator to create a shell script for ps and disable the combination of '-e' and '-f' so that others cannot view your command line.  

• Ranga

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