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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 sp
by washingupliquid 5mo ago
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.
- cwillu 5mo ago> Linux stores plenty of passwords in plain text in /etc That's gonna be a big ol' [CITATION NEEDED] from me, dawg.
- SoftTalker 5mo agoWifi passwords in /etc/netplan files, is one I can think of.
- fragmede 5mo agoI haven't solved the problem of sensitive .env files sitting around on my computer.
- spacemule 5mo ago`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.
- vondur 5mo agoReally 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.
- tgv 5mo agoI think the commenter means that some Linux applications store the passwords they need for access to external resources in plain text.
- simonh 5mo agoYou really need to upgrade to UNIX Version 6 or later. Some of the improvements since 1974 are well worth having.
- josefritzishere 5mo agoI thought Linux stored plain text credentials owned by root that require elevated permissions.
- abhinavk 5mo agoYou know `/etc/passwd` doesn't really have passwords in it.