Reading passwords without showing on screen in Bash Scripts
How can one read passwords in bash scripts in such a way that tools do not show it on a terminal?
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How to force ssh client to use only password auth?
If I use pubkey auth from e.g.: an Ubuntu 11.04 how can I set the ssh client to use only password auth to a server? (just needed because of testing passwords on a server, where I default log in with key)
How does curl protect a password from appearing in ps output?
I noticed some time ago that usernames and passwords given to curl as command line arguments don’t appear in ps output (although of course they may appear in your bash history).
How to pass password to mysql command line
I have MySQL password saved on a file foo.php, for example P455w0rd, when I try to use it:
Securely feeding a program with a password
After understanding the problem with using a password in the command line, I need to find a way of feeding a program with a password without it being a problem (without the password being recorded somewhere).
Disable a user’s login without disabling the account
Let’s say I create a user named “bogus” using the adduser command. How can I make sure this user will NOT be a viable login option, without disabling the account. In short, I want the account to be accessible via su - bogus, but I do not want it to be accessible via a regular login prompt.
How to check password with Linux?
I want to check, from the linux command line, if a given cleartext password is the same of a crypted password on a /etc/shadow
In /etc/group what is the meaning of the second field?
A sample /etc/group file contains the following entries:
How to make user passwords shown as a clear text in Linux?
We know that users’ passwords are saved in /etc/passwd, but in an encrypted way, so even the root can’t see them:
Allow user1 to “su – user2” without password
I need to allow user martin to switch to user martin-test without password