> 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