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Julien Nicoulaud commented on MNG-4099:
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It is a security issue too, passing passwords in the command line is not secure 
as one could browse shell history afterwards. Most commands such as ssh do not 
allow it.

> Password encryption CLI switches should prompt for password if missing
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-4099
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4099
>             Project: Maven 2 & 3
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Command Line
>    Affects Versions: 2.1.0
>            Reporter: Mark Hobson
>            Priority: Trivial
>             Fix For: 3.x / Backlog
>
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> The -emp and -ep CLI switches should prompt for a password if the user omits 
> it.  This would help to avoid having to escape shell characters in strong 
> passwords.
> Note that the docs mention that these switches prompt for a password when 
> they do not:
> http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-encryption.html

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