Re: Allowing users to execute shell scripts without seeing password

From: Dennis Williams <oracledba.williams_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:01:52 -0600
Message-ID: <de807caa0602161101m20360a8cq2c2a423fba2c8a92@mail.gmail.com>

Fred,

> login to the server (HP-UX) with their own account and run a shell script
> that's owned my me ... but I don't want them to be able to see the
> password.

If you are saying you want them to run a shell script that has an embedded password, I would say that isn't very secure anyway. Why not have the script make a call a program that retrieves the password? Goodle for the keywords sqlplus hide password and you will find several examples.

Dennis Williams

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Received on Thu Feb 16 2006 - 13:01:52 CST