On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 10:00:59 -0500, David McMackins wrote: > I noticed the PASSWORD program puts password attempts in plain text into > its log file. This is dangerous if the user only barely miskeys their > password and another user reads the log file. > > I made a modification to only say which user was attempted. Patch file > included.
Thanks for looking into this! The idea is good, although the behavior definitely should be configurable. If the computer has only one user, this one user wants perhaps to see the attempted passwords - this may provide a clue about who attempted to log in. I created "Password" (later renamed to "FreeDOS Password") some 19 years ago. Back then, logging passwords enabled me to know whether it was my little sister that tried to use my computer or someone else. Mateusz -- FreeDOS is present on the USENET, too! alt.os.free-dos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
