RE: How to encrypt Password in Export script file ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fisher, Julie [SMTP:jfishe_at_sandia.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 6:16 PM
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> Subject: RE: How to encrypt Password in Export script file ?
>
> I also did this on all my databases - works very slick.
>
> Julie Fisher
> Sandia National Laboratories
> Oracle 8i DBA - OCP8i
> Solaris 2.6,7/HP-UX 11.0 System Administrator
> Web Server Administrator
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>
> instead of that, I create an account in the database that is identified
> externally (can only run from that server, and does not have a login
> password). You will need a matching Unix account for it, if the unix
> account
>
> is "exportacct" then create the database account as "ops$exportacct"
>
> grant this account create session and exp_full_database
>
> then change your shell script to read userid="/" and run the script from
> the exportacct account
>
> this way you don't need to hardcode a password ANYWHERE
>
> Rachel
>
>
> >From: "CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC)" <clchan_at_nie.edu.sg>
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> >Subject: How to encrypt Password in Export script file ?
> >Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 00:50:22 -0800
> >
> >Hi Unix Gurus,
> >
> >My daily export file (daily_exp.sh) contains :
> >exp userid='system/password' file=file_name.dmp grants=y rows=y
> >constraints=y compress=y full=y inctype=complete log=file_name.log
> >
> >The system password is stated clearly in the export script file. Has
> anyone
> >encrypt/decrypt the system password before passing it as a variable to
> the
> >export script ? If yes, could I have a copy of your script ? Thanks.
> >
> >Regds,
> >New Bee in Unix
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