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Bowen Song commented on CASSANDRA-16983:
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[~bschoeni] The warnings.warn() output message can be very ugly. I personally
have a distaste for it.
For example:
{code:java}
$ pwd
/tmp/some/long/directory/name
$ cat warn.py
import warnings
def main():
print('==============')
print('Using warnings.warn()')
print('--------------')
warnings.warn('This is a multi-line\nwarning message\nfor testing purpose',
FutureWarning)
print('--------------')
print()
print('==============')
print('Using print()')
print('--------------')
print('This is a multi-line\nwarning message\nfor testing purpose')
print('--------------')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
$ python warn.py
==============
Using warnings.warn()
--------------
/tmp/some/long/directory/name/warn.py:8: FutureWarning: This is a multi-line
warning message
for testing purpose
warnings.warn('This is a multi-line\nwarning message\nfor testing purpose',
FutureWarning)
--------------
==============
Using print()
--------------
This is a multi-line
warning message
for testing purpose
--------------
{code}
However, if that's what the community wants, feel free to change it.
> Separating CQLSH credentials from the cqlshrc file
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CASSANDRA-16983
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-16983
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Tool/cqlsh
> Reporter: Bowen Song
> Assignee: Bowen Song
> Priority: Normal
> Labels: lhf
> Fix For: 4.1
>
> Time Spent: 2h 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> Currently, the CQLSH tool accepts credentials (username & password) from the
> following 3 places:
> 1. the command line parameter "-p"
> 2. the cqlshrc file
> 3. prompt the user
> This is not ideal.
> Credentials in the command line is a security risk, because it could be see
> by other users on a shared system.
> The cqlshrc file is better, but still not good enough. Because the cqlshrc
> file is a config file, it's often acceptable to have it as a world readable
> file, and share it with other users. It also prevents user from having
> multiple sets of credentials, either for the same Cassandra cluster or
> different clusters.
> To improve the security of CQLSH and make it secure by design, I purpose the
> following changes:
> * Warn the user if a password is giving in the command line, and recommend
> them to use a credential file instead
> * Warn the user if credentials are present in the cqlshrc file and the
> cqlshrc file is not secure (e.g.: world readable or owned by a different user)
> * Deprecate credentials in the cqlshrc, and recommend the user to move them
> to a separate credential file. The aim is to not break anything at the
> moment, but eventually stop accepting credentials from the cqlshrc file.
> * Reject the credentials file if it's not secure, and tell the user how to
> secure it. Optionally, prompt the user for password if it's an interactive
> session. (Think how does OpenSSH handle insecure credential files)
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