Charles E. Campbell, Jr. wrote:
> Matt Wozniski wrote:
>
>> Fixing that to use a script-local variable would definitely be
>> a worthwhile change that should be made ASAP, though it still wouldn't
>> protect you from plaintext passwords being in your core files.
>>
>>
> Yes, I've done that for v116g.
>
>> While we're at it, what is a reasonable use-case for why someone would
>> need a getpid() function? Why would we need to know our PID?
>>
>>
> Assuming that I have an encrypt/decrypt function pair, the pid could be
> used as a single-session p/w that would be transparent to the user. I
> don't see any point in saving a ftp password but requiring the user to
> enter some other password to make the ftp password available. Such
> things as recording the hundredth of a second that vim/gvim started
> along with the pid would act as an improved session-only password.
>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
The sequence
:mks!
:qa
gvim -S
would invalidate the password (since the PID changes). I suppose this is what
you want?
Similarly Gnome-enabled versions over closedown/restart of the Gnome or KDE
winmanager.
Best regards,
Tony.
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