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Operating Systems Linux Pgp encryption script Post 302624083 by Corona688 on Sunday 15th of April 2012 07:49:56 PM
Old 04-15-2012
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Originally Posted by mr_harish80
In this case I am storing the password in the file which can read by any other person.
That's what file permissions are for, and why I told you what file permissions were necessary.
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If there is any other mechnism to enrypt that pasword and use this in the script
This is a common fallacy. No. If the script can decrypt it, so can anyone else, by reading the script. Keeping the script properly secured is no better than keeping the file properly secured, which you could have done in the first place.
 

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setsid

SETSID(1)                                                          User Commands                                                         SETSID(1)

NAME

       setsid - run a program in a new session

SYNOPSIS

       setsid [options] program [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

       setsid  runs  a  program in a new session. The command calls fork(2) if already a process group leader. Otherwise, it executes a program in
       the current process.

OPTIONS

       -c, --ctty
              Set the controlling terminal to the current one.

       -w, --wait
              Wait for the execution of the program to end, and return the exit value of this program as the return value of setsid.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.

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SEE ALSO

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AUTHOR

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AVAILABILITY

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