RE: ps -ef | grep sqlplus

From: Mecci, Shaheer (MBS) <Shaheer.Mecci_at_mortgagefamily.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:21:31 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0033090D.20010620102615@fatcity.com>

You could use files with passwords.

PASSWD_FILE="/directory/pass.file"
cat ${PASSWD_FILE} | sqlplus user_at_ORACLE_SID @file.sql

password does not show up with the ps command. periodically changing passwords is made simple too.

Shaheer.

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Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:37 PM
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or even DBMS_JOB

• Guy Hammond <guy.hammond_at_avt.co.uk> wrote: >
  > $ echo "system/manager" |sqlplus @myscript
  >
  > Alternatively, schedule your jobs with DBMS_BATCH.
  >
  > Cheers,
  >
  > g>
  >
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  > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:38 PM
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  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > hi,
  >
  > do you know how to hide oracle passwords from ps
  > -ef? we pass in our pw
  > in
  > cron, and it shows up when you run ps -ef (to check
  > unix processes). i
  > recognize that is this NOT a smart thing to do...
  >
  > can anyone recommend a better way of supplying
  > oracle passwords when
  > scripts are connecting to oracle? do you use config
  > files that store
  > pws? just curious what everyone else is doing to
  > plug this security
  > hole.
  >
  > thanks,
  > kris
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