Hiding a password from process status
 

Hi All,

Not sure if this is actually possible, or if there is a more suitable method...

I set a password for the rar command (rar a folder.rar -hpThisIsThePassword.....)

However if I search for this process, the password is displayed:

Obviously on a shared server this makes using the password in the first place a waste of time.

Is there another method I can use to prevent the password from showing?

Thanks in advanced.

Maybe you could store the rar password in a file somewhere (assuming only your user permissions have access to it) and then run the command like so:

Can't think of anything else. :)

You could store the password in a variable and then use the variable in the command string.

You will be prompted to enter your string. The string will not echo as you type.

Next, run your rar command like so

This will also keep your password not recorded in your history file.

I believe coralfang's method is better than mine because the password is store in a file. My method above will hide the password but it requires interaction from you.

If you want to make a strong password for your rar archive and store it in a file, you can run this command

This will produce a 15 character random string of numbers, letters and symbols. You can adjust the length of the string by changing the value in red.

Next, chmod your file, like so

Only the owner will have read-write access to the file and blocked to everyone else.

Now you can run the command that coralfang gave you