[GRLUG] wep in linux

[Collin]

Oh, and to actually answer your question, I know of no way to really 
hide things from root so I think it would be impossible. Well, you could 
put it in a directory that is hard to get to (like, it starts with a 
space or some weird character) but then iwconfig will still tell you 
what it is. So you'd have to hack iwconfig and I dont think anyone has 
done it for you yet.

However, do these students need root access to linux? Could you instead 
set them up user accounts with more limited access?

Topher wrote:
> Cornerstone uses WEP on their wifi network, and on all the student's 
> windows machines it's encrypted, so they don't know it.
>
> They won't give the key to any Linux users because ifconfig just spits the 
> key right out there.  Anyone know of a way to keep it hidden, even from 
> root?
>
> I know this sounds anathema, but that's the way things stand.  :(
>
> Topher
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