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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Storing passwords
From:       Unai Garro Arrazola <Unai.Garro () ee ! ed ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2003-04-25 23:29:54
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>no need to, just make sure the file where the passwd will go to be only
>read/writeable by the user, i.e., perms like 0600. check out kppp's code for
>an example on how to achieve this.

Thanks for the idea, changing the permissions would do to keep it safe from 
others, but still, I think it's a good idea to encrypt the password. 

Often I open config files to check things by hand myself. I wouldn't like to 
open kppp's config file while somebody is besides me....

- -- 
Q:      What's tiny and yellow and very, very, dangerous?
A:      A canary with the super-user password.
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