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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Implications of setting sensitive data in ENV Post 302094297 by tipsy on Thursday 26th of October 2006 01:44:54 PM
Old 10-26-2006
Implications of setting sensitive data in ENV

Hello people,
In shell scripts if some sensitive data is set into the env so that it is available to other scripts called within those scripts -- Are there are security implications ?
-- I believe the scope of those environment variables ends with the execution of the script.
-- I see that while the script is running those env variables are not accessible from the command line.

Is my understanding correct? Any comments ? Please let me know.

Regards,
T.
 

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