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Hide password in command line #7

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
Hi,
it is more an enhancement request than a bug:

When gmail-backup is launched thru command line, the password can be read in 
clear text within the process list. Not very secure.

Can you add a mecanism where password can be read from a file, or modify the 
launch process to hide the password (like mysqldump by example)?

Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by vallo...@googlemail.com on 26 Jul 2011 at 12:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago
I would also really like this feature, I do not feel comfortable typing my 
password into command line in plain text.

Original comment by davetcoleman on 15 May 2014 at 7:36