Bug#763400: do not echo password on the commandline or require storage

2014-09-30 Thread Antoine Beaupré
On 2014-09-30 15:35:01, Werner Baumann wrote: > Am Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:24:18 -0400 > schrieb Antoine Beaupré : > >> How does davfs2 know which username to use to communicate with the >> WebDAV server then, especially considering the thing is ran as root? > > Either from the secrets file or by askin

Bug#763400: do not echo password on the commandline or require storage

2014-09-30 Thread Werner Baumann
Am Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:24:18 -0400 schrieb Antoine Beaupré : > How does davfs2 know which username to use to communicate with the > WebDAV server then, especially considering the thing is ran as root? Either from the secrets file or by asking you. Questions in return: Where do you take your inf

Bug#763400: do not echo password on the commandline or require storage

2014-09-30 Thread Antoine Beaupré
On 2014-09-30 14:07:33, Werner Baumann wrote: > Option "username= " is for use with pam_mount only. This is > documented in the mount.davfs manpage. Don't misuse it for anything > else. [...] > - enter the password on the command line when asked for by davfs2 and > it will not be displayed. How

Bug#763400: do not echo password on the commandline or require storage

2014-09-30 Thread Werner Baumann
Am Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:30:27 -0400 schrieb Antoine Beaupr? : > > Right now there are two ways of sending the password to the WebDAV > server: the secrets file and the clunky username=foo mount option. That's wrong. Option "username= " is for use with pam_mount only. This is documented in the mou

Bug#763400: do not echo password on the commandline or require storage

2014-09-29 Thread Antoine Beaupr?
Package: davfs2 Version: 1.5.2-1 Severity: wishlist Right now there are two ways of sending the password to the WebDAV server: the secrets file and the clunky username=foo mount option. The former I would rather avoid because I do not want to store the password (in cleartext!!) on disk. The latt