On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:30:54 +0100, Vincent Arkesteijn <v j arkesteijn utwente nl> said: > Why? Just put the password in the program, and give your users > execute permission, but no read permission on the program. It > may not be too elegant, and it's a bit clumsy when you want to > change the password, but it's the simplest solution. Still vulnerable to attack via gdb/dbx or ptrace(), but that's a question of whether your threat model includes somebody both that determined and skilled... -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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