RE: How to avoid Password in shell script

You should be able to set up an externally authenticated account that is the same as the userid the cron job runs from. Then you can just login with a "SQLPLUS /" and it will go right in.

See "Authentication by the Operating System" in Chapter 26 of the Concepts manual.

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> Hi,
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> How can I avoid putting the password in the shell scripts I run every
> night
> through cron?
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> Oracle Version: Oracle 8.1.5
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> O/S: Sun Solaris 2.6
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>
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> Can somebody help me with this ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Koti Reddy
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Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 20:13:05 CDT