Changing argv of the python process

[Tim Roberts]

gradha at iname.com wrote:

>Dave Cinege <dcinege at psychosis.com> wrote:
>> 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.
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