10.2 hides PPP dial-up passwords

Sep 23, '02 07:58:10AM

Contributed by: lerkista

In 10.1.5, by typing "ps -axwwwww | grep ppp" in the Terminal, you can see the password of the dial-up account (if you're already connected). I know of no method of hiding this in 10.1.5 ... but in 10.2 (Jaguar), the passwords are now hidden.

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