Linux stores plenty of passwords in clear text in /etc and $HOME and this is considered acceptable by most users. These same people also believe the TPM is a spy chip.
Linux stores plenty of passwords in clear text in /etc and $HOME and this is considered acceptable by most users. These same people also believe the TPM is a spy chip.
You really need to upgrade to UNIX Version 6 or later. Some of the improvements since 1974 are well worth having.
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.
I think the commenter means that some Linux applications store the passwords they need for access to external resources in plain text.
You know `/etc/passwd` doesn't really have passwords in it.
I thought Linux stored plain text credentials owned by root that require elevated permissions.
> Linux stores plenty of passwords in plain text in /etc
That's gonna be a big ol' [CITATION NEEDED] from me, dawg.
Wifi passwords in /etc/netplan files, is one I can think of.
I haven't solved the problem of sensitive .env files sitting around on my computer.
`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.