[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] saquery: --smkey command line option

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 04:29 Tue 27 May     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 05:52 -0700, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > Following your logic we will need to disable root passwords
> > > typing too.
> > 
> > That's taking it too far. Root passwords are at least hidden when
> > typing.
> 
> At least hide the key typing from plain sight when typing like su does.

There are lot of tools where password can be specified as clear text in
command line (wget, smbclient, etc..) - it is an user responsibility to
keep his sensitive data safe.

Sasha