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Re: Passing a password to another process "safely" in Linux

by belg4mit (Prior)
on Jun 27, 2011 at 21:16 UTC ( [id://911619]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Passing a password to another process "safely" in Linux

Why not use some combination of existing tools such as ssh keys and system groups or sudo to authenticate and authorize the user?

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