RE: Embeded password in script

Or, you can create user OPS$ORACLE and grant DBA privilege to that account. That way , password will never be exposed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jesse, Rich [mailto:Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:25 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Embeded password in script
>
>
> Actually, this would still display the password in the output
> of "ps -ef"
> because the "$syspw" environment variable is resolved before
> handing it to
> sqlplus.
>
> Try "sqlplus dbimpl/$syspw" and then a "ps -ef"...
>
> Rich
>
> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> rich.jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International,
> Sussex, WI USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:31 PM
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>
>
> cat > pwfile
> syspw=blah
> export syspw
> ^D
> chmod 700 pwfile
> Unix Prompt> . pwfile
> Unix Prompt> sqlplus dbimpl/$syspw @your_script_here
> Raj
> -------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:54 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I have been tasked to write a script to run SQL. I don't
> want a password
> field to be shown in the script. Does someone have run into
> this and have a
>
> better idea? For example, I have following line in my script.
> Sqlplus dbimpl/password @SQLscript.sql
>
>
> Also, from command line we go through following steps to
> shutdown database,
> how do I code these steps in the script?
> $svrmgrl
> SVRMGRL>connect internal
> SVRMGRL>shutdown
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