| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] TODO list updated |
| Date: | 2000-01-13 17:18:11 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.21.0001131317350.46499-100000@thelab.hub.org |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> You can't securely do
> >> echo $PASSWORD | backend
> >> or
> >> echo $PASSWORD > allegedly-secure-temp-file
>
> > This is secure. echo is a shell builtin, and does not invoke a separate
> > process with arguments.
>
> echo is a builtin in ksh and derivatives, but I don't think it's safe
> to assume it is a builtin everywhere...
bash-2.03$ which echo
/usr/slocal/bin/echo
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Bruce Momjian | 2000-01-13 17:22:23 | Re: [HACKERS] TODO list updated |
| Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2000-01-13 17:10:29 | Re: [HACKERS] TODO list updated |