Well, the bo base install disks make /var/log/ppp.log world readable (why?) so that anyone using the system can then see the password.
Aaron Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does it really matter? On my machine, the only person that can view the logs, > is root. > > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 29, 1997 at 02:06:58PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Aaron Walker wrote: > > > > password \qpassword\q > > > "" \qpassword\q > > > > Incidentally, you don't want the second \q; it will turn echo to the log > > back on, and the password WILL then go into the log. > > > > hamish > > -- > > Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 > > CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org > > > > -- > > Aaron Walker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.iconmedia.com > (954)418-0817 > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .