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- 17:31, 17 May 2024 Admin talk contribs created page Keeping Sensitive Data Out of Your Shells History File (Created page with "We've all been there before. <code>some_command</code> takes a flag for --password or --api_key. The lazy thing to do is just supply the password as part of your command. But there are two big downsides of doing that. First, it goes into your shell's history file and if you just leave it there someone could find it and use it to steal your bits! Second it goes into the process list and is potentially visible to other users on the system who are just viewing the process t...")