From c4d7a79c957089c968b7550f13cfae19d5f1cf96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Kew Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:59:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] PR#40950: add security note to docs (submitted Thijs Kinkhorst) git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@487904 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/programs/htdigest.xml | 5 +++++ docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.xml | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/htdigest.xml b/docs/manual/programs/htdigest.xml index e6bdf48422..fc9df711a6 100644 --- a/docs/manual/programs/htdigest.xml +++ b/docs/manual/programs/htdigest.xml @@ -66,4 +66,9 @@ +
Security Considerations +

This program is not safe as a setuid executable. Do not make it + setuid.

+
+ diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.xml b/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.xml index 0c6f61f2f4..6e613d0873 100644 --- a/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.xml +++ b/docs/manual/programs/htpasswd.xml @@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ distribution. not be within the Web server's URI space -- that is, they should not be fetchable with a browser.

+

This program is not safe as a setuid executable. Do not make it + setuid.

+

The use of the -b option is discouraged, since when it is used the unencrypted password appears on the command line.

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