diff --git a/doc/jp/common_arguments.rst b/doc/jp/common_arguments.rst index 5792440f..85b77cf9 100644 --- a/doc/jp/common_arguments.rst +++ b/doc/jp/common_arguments.rst @@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ The common arguments for profile are: .. note:: - jp does not yet prompt for password when needed, this mean that using the ``--pwd`` - option is not secure if you are not the only user of your machine: the password will - appear **IN CLEAR** in the list of launched process, or in the history of your shell. - If you are on a shared machine or if anybody can access your shell history at some - point, you should connect first your profile with an other frontend (Primitivus for - instance). This will be fixed in a future version of jp. + using the ``--pwd`` option is not secure if you are not the only user of your machine: + the password will appear **IN CLEAR** in the list of launched processes, or in the + history of your shell. If the profile password is needed and not specified, it will be + prompted (with echo disabled). If you are on a shared machine or if anybody can access + your shell history at some point, you should either connect first your profile with an + other frontend (Primitivus for instance), or avoid the ``--pwd`` option and use the + prompt instead. .. _pubsub_common: