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Re: Customize PAM configuration


From: Ricardo Wurmus
Subject: Re: Customize PAM configuration
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 18:14:39 +0200
User-agent: mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.2

Jone <address@hidden> writes:

> The password is entered once at login and exported
> to environment variable. As a result, password is available during the user
> session (for some automation with bash scripts).

Please know that environment variables are readable in /proc and in the
output of process managers.  An environment variable is not a good place
for a secret.

--
Ricardo




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