[linux-cifs-client] How to stop cifs from printing passwords to the console?

a.nielsen at research.uq.edu.au a.nielsen at research.uq.edu.au
Wed Jul 6 02:20:51 GMT 2005


Hi,

I've just realised that although my CIFS passwords are stored in a
relatively secure credentials file, when the CIFS filesystems are mounted
during boot the full list of mount options is printed on the screen, which
includes usernames and passwords extracted from the credentials file.  This
means anyone who happens to be watching the machine during boot can see the
passwords.

Is there some way to prevent this from happening?  I don't recall compiling
extra debug output into the module.

Thanks,
Adam.


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