Hi, On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Matt McCutchen wrote: > On 1/10/07, Wojtek.Pilorz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > secret_pass would no longer be secret on most systems; > > Consider using --password-file instead. > > I doubt that environment variables are readable by others "on most > systems". On my Linux 2.6.18 system, a process's environment > variables are only readable by its owner. However, I prefer to use a > password file anyway. Environment variables are shell internals. If you do not 'export' them, not even subshells can see them. Cheers -e -- Eberhard Moenkeberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
