Comment Re:Why not plaintext passwords? (Score 2, Insightful) 495
Sorry, this isn't how things work on Linux, nor many other modern operating systems. File space cannot be "allocated", then "read" in the manner described. You cannot allocate a file without writing to it, thus you cannot fish information from someone else's temp file like you describe. Maybe under DOS, but probably not on anything newer.
Whoever moderated this post as "Informative" needs to stick to moderating posts on which they are competent to judge, not just anything that sounds good but might be a line of complete BS.
Whoever moderated this post as "Informative" needs to stick to moderating posts on which they are competent to judge, not just anything that sounds good but might be a line of complete BS.
