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> Linux stores plenty of passwords in plain text in /etc

That's gonna be a big ol' [CITATION NEEDED] from me, dawg.

Wifi passwords in /etc/netplan files, is one I can think of.

I haven't solved the problem of sensitive .env files sitting around on my computer.

`sops exec-env`

I have an alias set for when I'm working with opentofu:

`alias tfenter='sops exec-env secrets.yaml "/bin/bash"'`

I encrypt with openbao's transit engine and backup age key kept in a password manager, so no secrets live on disk.

Really in /etc plain text? I could see some random app possibly doing that somewhere in ~/.config, but I don't think Linux itself stores passwords in plain text for systemwide use.

I think the commenter means that some Linux applications store the passwords they need for access to external resources in plain text.

You really need to upgrade to UNIX Version 6 or later. Some of the improvements since 1974 are well worth having.

I thought Linux stored plain text credentials owned by root that require elevated permissions.

You know `/etc/passwd` doesn't really have passwords in it.