Debian bug report logs - #1251, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1251: ppp gives out password
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From: richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard Kettlewell)
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Package: ppp
Version: 2.1.2b-1

/etc/ppp/ppp-connect as shipped will put the PPP account's password in
a world-readable ps listing.

sfere:richard$ really ip start
starting /usr/sbin/pppd ...
sfere:richard$ ps xawu
USER       PID %CPU %MEM SIZE  RSS TTY STAT START   TIME COMMAND
[...]
root      2037  0.0  4.6  117  328 s02 S    03:26   0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd
root      2038  1.2  5.8  286  416 s02 S    03:26   0:00 sh /etc/ppp/ppp-connect
root      2039  0.4  2.0   38  148 s02 S    03:26   0:00 /usr/sbin/chat ATM0DT576815 CONNECT  ogin: sfere word: [password edited out]
sfere:richard$

ttfn/rjk

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard Kettlewell)
Subject: Bug#1251: Acknowledgement (was: ppp gives out password)
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