add warning about using RSYNC_PASSWORD on systems where env varibables

are visible to all users.
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Andrew Tridgell
1999-01-07 07:19:03 +00:00
parent 117af10225
commit 3bc67f0c4f

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@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ you will receive a password prompt when you connect. You can avoid the
password prompt by setting the environment variable RSYNC_PASSWORD to
the password you want to use. This may be useful when scripting rsync.
WARNING: On some systems environment variables are visible to all
users.
manpagesection(RUNNING AN RSYNC SERVER)
An rsync server is configured using a config file which by default is