Changing argv of the python process

[Markus Schaber]

Hi,

Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> schrub:

>>> How does one exec a python program with a password on the cmdline?
>>
>>Doing this is silly, stupid, a security breach, <put here
>>expelletive>, etc. Don't you see a password on a commandline can be
>>seen by other tools of the same operative system? On Unix is as easy
>>as running "ps aux". Under Windows I had once used similar tools to
>>watch processes and their system information.
> 
> Right.  That is EXACTLY why he wants to alter argv.

But there's always a moment where another user can gather the unaltered 
argv.

markus
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