Note concern about cleartext password in docs for shadow.gen_password

Closes #28120
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Mike Place 2015-12-30 15:03:23 -07:00
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@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ def gen_password(password, crypt_salt=None, algorithm='sha512'):
Generate hashed password
.. note::
When called this function is called directly via remote-execution,
the password argument may be displayed in the system's process list.
This may be a security risk on certain systems.
password
Plaintext password to be hashed.