Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!apple!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/AA) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Is it possible to hide process args from 'ps -ef'?? (Recap) Message-ID: <1991Apr25.170648.24491@NCoast.ORG> Date: 25 Apr 91 17:06:48 GMT References: <1991Apr24.025417.5182@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> <1991Apr24.042539.20069@mp.cs.niu.edu> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR/AA) Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 21 As quoted from <1991Apr24.042539.20069@mp.cs.niu.edu> by bennett@mp.cs.niu.edu (Scott Bennett): +--------------- | of looking at *argv[]. In other words, the morons who wrote the data | base program in question should have been roundly chastised by their | management. The product should never have been allowed out the door | in a form like that. The data base program should be fixed. There is | no need whatsoever to adulterate the operating system to fix a third- | party software vendor's bungling. The program should *also* turn off | the echo before reading the password. After all, it *is* a *password* | that the program is requiring. +--------------- The program (Oracle) was designed for IBM mainframes and block-mode terminals. What else can you expect from such a losing origin? ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery Ham: KB8JRR/AA on 10m,2m,220,440,1.2 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG (restricted HF at present) Delphi: ALLBERY AMPR: kb8jrr.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery KB8JRR @ WA8BXN.OH