Re: Security problem with SQLPLUS.

From: Irene Westervelt <iwesterv-no_at_span.mdsi.bc.ca>
Date: 1998/03/11
Message-ID: <01bd4d3c$81d77700$a913f28a@pc354>#1/1

try this
$ sqlplus @[database] <enter>
this will prompt you for your userid/passwd

Do a ps -ef

This must work
Irene

Chinmoyee Deshpande <Chin.Deshpande_at_mci.com> wrote in article <3505A686.5F121482_at_mci.com>...
> when I use SQLPLUS scott/Tiger @test.sql from a UNIX window to connect
> to the database my password and username is getting exposed if someone
> types ps -ef |grep sql. to check all processes. This is a big security
> flaw. How can I fix this problem.
> Thanks,
> -Chin Deshpande
>
>
>
Received on Wed Mar 11 1998 - 00:00:00 CST