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changeset 3050:d2a26ec74b31
doc (jp/common_arguments): updated note about `--pwd`
| author | Goffi <goffi@goffi.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:54:18 +0200 |
| parents | 9839ce068140 |
| children | ee2654308a57 |
| files | doc/jp/common_arguments.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/jp/common_arguments.rst Tue Oct 01 22:49:11 2019 +0200 +++ b/doc/jp/common_arguments.rst Tue Oct 01 22:54:18 2019 +0200 @@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ .. note:: - jp does not yet prompt for password when needed, this mean that using the ``--pwd`` - option is not secure if you are not the only user of your machine: the password will - appear **IN CLEAR** in the list of launched process, or in the history of your shell. - If you are on a shared machine or if anybody can access your shell history at some - point, you should connect first your profile with an other frontend (Primitivus for - instance). This will be fixed in a future version of jp. + using the ``--pwd`` option is not secure if you are not the only user of your machine: + the password will appear **IN CLEAR** in the list of launched processes, or in the + history of your shell. If the profile password is needed and not specified, it will be + prompted (with echo disabled). If you are on a shared machine or if anybody can access + your shell history at some point, you should either connect first your profile with an + other frontend (Primitivus for instance), or avoid the ``--pwd`` option and use the + prompt instead. .. _pubsub_common: