The kit I downloaded a few months ago left the password visible in
/var/log/messages, which is world readable. The chat manpage has the answer
to that dilemna--include the control sequence ``\q'' at the end of your
password string.

Bill Studenmund writes:
>On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, CTAPYXA wrote:
>
>> I guess I messed up something in my pppd setup, now whenever I enter a
>> password for ISP connection it is visible. I am the only one using this
>> machine, but still, it ain't supposed to be so.
>>
>> What do I have to check/fix? I don't even know where to look...
>
>What ppp setup are you using? Who can see your password?
>
>The kit I put together on puma keeps the passwords in a file readable only
>by root, so no one else can see them.