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RE: Database connection from remote server

From: Freeman, Donald <dofreeman_at_state.pa.us>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:46:22 -0400
Message-ID: <AFF54B073FF15849B53E32E67EE860760144EF96@ENHBGPRI11.PA.LCL>


Put the userid and password in a file and restrict read access to the = user running the job. Pass the contents of the file into the script. I = don't have the examples handy and haven't worked in unix in several = years but that's a secure way of doing it.

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Tracy Rahmlow Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:32 PM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Database connection from remote server

I need to execute a sql script on unix, which will connect to a remote=20 oracle database. What can I do to prevent hard-coding the oracle = password=20
within the script?
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