Re: using gpg protected files to read passwords
Charles Cazabon <[email protected]>
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Lugubris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > getmail can get the password from any arbitrary external command; see the > > password_command parameter. > > I wrote a script to retrive my passwords from pass command [0]. Is it secure > though? (pass command outputs password to termial when run so does it leave > the password somewhere when using it with getmail?) No, it won't leave or store the password anywhere. It reads it from stdout of the subprocess, that's all. Charles -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://pyropus.ca/software/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------