Re: clear-text passwords in shell/perl scripts

[Richard Moore <rich () westpoint ltd uk>]

Jeff Robertson wrote:
> Can anyone either refute or provide further points in support of my stance
> on this?

I would say that file permissions are the only good way to protect the 
password here. That said, some sort of scrambling (even of a trivial 
ROT13 style) would prevent things like trivial shoulder-surfing when
someone who does have read permission looks at the source code.

Rich.
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