Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens up

From: "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Doug McNaught" <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>
Cc: "Lincoln Yeoh" <lyeoh(at)pop(dot)jaring(dot)my>, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FW: [ppa-dev] Severe bug in debian - phppgadmin opens up
Date: 2001-11-28 16:48:51
Message-ID: 46C15C39FEB2C44BA555E356FBCD6FA41EB43F@m0114.s-mxs.net
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> Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com> writes:
> > But this way the password ends up in the environment, which on many
> > systems is visible to other processes/users (via /proc or the 'ps'
> > command).
>
> Your *environment* is visible to other users? Geez, what a broken
> system ...

Try "ps axewww" ? Doesn't work on your platform ?
Works on AIX, Linux?, ...

Andreas

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