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		ufo on June 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everything that uses configuration files should re... Might work for config files but would it work for environment variables?

bartq on June 25, 2023 [–]

It would for env vars as well, why not? Just trace program trying to reach out for some var X from env.

mvnuweucxqokii on June 25, 2023 | [–]

afaik reading env vars requires no sys calls and thus will not appear in strace

bartq on June 25, 2023 | | [–]

So there should be a different tool used which will intercept environment variables reads and will log them.

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