Missing User Warnings
Medium
- Confidence
- 94% confidence
- Finding
- The script persistently stores the SMB username and password in a file under /etc, which creates a long-lived secret on disk and does so without clearly warning the operator before making that security-sensitive change. Although permissions are restricted to 0600, plaintext credential storage increases exposure through backups, accidental disclosure, root compromise, or later mishandling of the file.
