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| ▲ | simonh 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| You really need to upgrade to UNIX Version 6 or later. Some of the improvements since 1974 are well worth having. |
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| ▲ | vondur 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Really in /etc plain text? I could see some random app possibly doing that somewhere in ~/.config, but I don't think Linux itself stores passwords in plain text for systemwide use. |
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| ▲ | tgv 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think the commenter means that some Linux applications store the passwords they need for access to external resources in plain text. |
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| ▲ | abhinavk 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You know `/etc/passwd` doesn't really have passwords in it. |
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| ▲ | josefritzishere 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I thought Linux stored plain text credentials owned by root that require elevated permissions. |
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| ▲ | cwillu 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > Linux stores plenty of passwords in plain text in /etc That's gonna be a big ol' [CITATION NEEDED] from me, dawg. |
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| ▲ | SoftTalker 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Wifi passwords in /etc/netplan files, is one I can think of. | |
| ▲ | fragmede 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I haven't solved the problem of sensitive .env files sitting around on my computer. | | |
| ▲ | spacemule 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | `sops exec-env` I have an alias set for when I'm working with opentofu: `alias tfenter='sops exec-env secrets.yaml "/bin/bash"'` I encrypt with openbao's transit engine and backup age key kept in a password manager, so no secrets live on disk. |
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