peloy.-
Michael H. Warfield <mhw@wittsend.com> wrote:
> mev0003@unt.edu enscribed thusly:
>
> [...]
>
>> Ok, I tried the inline password form, and it is still mounted, except
>> pagefile.sys is inaccessible. Hmm, really wanted to screw with my NT
>> box's paging. ;) (j/k). I last mounted that partition this morning,
>> when I sent my last message. So, I guess this would really be a samba
>> problem, and not a kernel problem.
>
> Still a bit early to tell, but it does look that way, yes...
>
>> However, I really don't like entering the password that way. A grep on
>> .bash_history for the password is plenty of reason for *that* little
>> bias! Too bad there's not a way to alert bash that a particular string
>> is actually a password, and that that string shouldn't be kept in
>> ~/.bash_history.
>
> Use the environment mechanism or command substitution? You defeat
> the history problem a couple of ways if you are really worried about that...
>
> Examples:
>
> # eval `cat`
> export PASSWD=foo
> ^D
>
> Or on the command line the same way...
>
> # smbmount //server/foo `cat` .....
> export PASSWD=foo
> ^D
>
> Yeah, it's a kludge, but it will help out while I figure out WTF
> is still busted...
>
>> --
>> Matthew Vanecek
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>> http://www.unt.edu/bcis
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>> except me. I'm always getting in the way of something...
>
> Mike
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