On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:30:54 +0100, Vincent Arkesteijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
said:

> Why? Just put the password in the program, and give your users
> execute permission, but no read permission on the program. It
> may not be too elegant, and it's a bit clumsy when you want to
> change the password, but it's the simplest solution.

Still vulnerable to attack via gdb/dbx or ptrace(), but that's a
question of whether your threat model includes somebody both that
determined and skilled...

-- 
                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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