Re: How to encrypt Password in Export script file ?

"CHAN Chor Ling Catherine (CSC)" wrote:
>
> 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
>

Create an externally identified Oracle account with the suitable privileges, and run your script from this account using

    userid=/

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