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From: Lew Pitcher on 18 Nov 2009 09:16
On November 17, 2009 21:26, in alt.os.linux, Jim Diamond
(Jim.Diamond(a)nospam.AcadiaU.ca) wrote:

> On 2009-11-17 at 21:03 AST, Lew Pitcher <lpitcher(a)teksavvy.com> wrote:
>> On November 17, 2009 20:01, in alt.os.linux, ela (ela(a)yantai.org) wrote:
>>
>>> every users can top and therefore know each other running what jobs with
>>> exact parameters and outputs.
>>
>> Yes? So?
>>
>>> How to hide one's command from top?
>>
>> In short, you can't
>>
>> If you have secret information, you /cannot/ put it into a commandline
>> and expect it to remain secret. Sorry.
>
>> If you want it to remain secret, pass it through an environment variable,
> As it turns out, that isn't true.
>
> Try the ironically-named option 'ewwwww' to ps:
>
> ps ewwwww
>
> Lo and behold, the environment of the command.

Darn! and another of my attempts at security bites the dust.

I learn something new every day.

Now that I know that some of my scripts are exposed, I'll have to check out
alternatives.

Thanks for the heads-up. :-)
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/
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