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Unsecure way to set a password with acropsh

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Hi,

When setting a password with acropsh the  --set-password requires the password as parameter. I think it's needless to say that this is insecure behaviour. The password might be listed in the process view (shortly) and in the history of the shell. 

The program should either:

  • Ask for it with an interactive prompt when password is not specified
  • Set system variable with password and use this, if set

Can you please fix this?

Greetings,

G

 

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Hello!

I suggest you to update the ticket with our support referring to this article: https://kb.acronis.com/content/8153 and referring your feedback so a feature request may be raised and the team can be aware.

Best regards.

Hi,

Just an update. Acronis support has processed this request (ABR-378305) and a secure way of passing passwords will be added in one of the (near)future releases.

Thanks Acronis for taking this seriously 

 

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Gerwin Krist wrote:

Hi,

Just an update. Acronis support has processed this request (ABR-378305) and a secure way of passing passwords will be added in one of the (near)future releases.

Thanks Acronis for taking this seriously 

 

Hello,

Thank you for the update and for bringing this to our attention. We appreciate your feedback and are glad to hear that Acronis support has processed the request (ABR-378305). Your compliments motivate us, and we're committed to continuously improving our services. If you have any further questions or suggestions, feel free to share.

Best regards.