[Freeciv-Dev] Re: client/server authentication (PR#1767)

["Mark Metson" <markm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 8 May 2003, Raimar Falke wrote:

> > As chris mentioned, I would be willing to go for a --password option, which
> > if it is used, will skip the password input step and send that password to
> > the server. 
> 
> Command line options are bad since they can be viewed by the other
> users of the system. ps shows this.

People who use their computer as a gaming console are probably among the 
most likely bunch to also be using it alone as in not multi-user.

But for paranoids, how about a commandline way of specifying a file that 
contains the password, or (this maybe already exists?) a commandline way 
of specifying an alternate client-config file to use instead of the 
default client-config, so that the password can be put into the 
client's configuration. (Or, allow client configuration to contain 
passwords on a per server+port basis? Sounds complicated, maybe a separate 
client-config per game you're in would be easier?)

-MarkM-

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