Re: init script which reveal passwords

[Jerome Etienne <jme@off.net>]

if this script is only used during the boot, you are correct.

But i fail to see why you assume this. i told it is a initialization
script which is different that a boot script.

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:46:15PM +0100, Roman Drahtmueller wrote:
> Maybe, yes. But since you claimed already that this is a _init_ script,
> and since swap isn't even turned on yet, the whole issue is irrelevant
> since nobody can have logged on yet. No network, no local gettys yet, just
> some shell asking for a password.
> 
> That thing shouldn't be used in any other context, though.
> 
> Thanks,
> Roman.
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