On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 01:23:41PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Is this list an exhaustive list of places where my dial-up password is > > stored? I'm about to return a laptop after installing Debian for a > > friend, and want to make sure all my passwords are deleted. > > -- > > http://www.lafn.org/~cymbala/Debian/t4700ct.html#passwords > > Authoritative answer: > > $ find / -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -l $password
You might want to run this as root to ensure you don't miss any files ordinary users can't read. Notice that you will likely end up with another instance of $password in your shell history file, which isn't even reported by this command because it will only be written on logout. Workaround: Disable the history or use kill -9 $$ to log out. Regards, Mirko
