user-readable api tokens in systemd units for JupyterHub

Impact

user API tokens issued to single-user servers are specified in the environment of systemd units, which are accessible to all users.

In particular, the-littlest-jupyterhub is affected, which uses systemdspawner by default.

Patches

Patched in jupyterhub-systemdspawner v0.15

Workarounds

No workaround other than upgrading systemdspawner to 0.15

For more information

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