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Mustafa Chelik
Asked: 2017-09-08 04:46:21 +0800 CST

Sending password to rdesktop securely

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I want to send password to rdesktop so that it doesn't show up in ps. Is there any safe alternative for passing with command-line parameter? I even can develop an application for this if it helps. Any idea will be appreciated.

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1 Answers

  1. You can create a text file (named secretfile here) which contains your password. Then, you can connect using the following command:

    $ cat secretfile | rdesktop -p - server_ip

    This way the password will not show up in output of ps. Don't forget to change file permission to prevent other users from reading it!

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