Hello,
I've noticed that many unix tools require that a user
specify account passwords in config files.
To me, this seems like a terrible idea, and indeed
msmtp at least prompts for a password when it needs
one.
However, what if I don't want msmtp to prompt me? For
instance, it seems reasonable to me that someone might
like to create a higher-level program that uses msmtp
to do the grunt work; in many cases, that higher-level
program might like to manage the password in its own
way.
Sure it's possible that this higher-level program
could provide that password via stdin, but that
seems like a flaky endeavor.
In short,
Why are passwords dealt with in the way that
they are?
Is it dangerous to provide an option such as
--password?
Is it reasonable to use stdin?
Why are so many people willing to write their
passwords in config files?
Thanks,
Michael Witten
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