Re: Oracle Security in Bourne Shell and Perl Scipts

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:40:09 -0500, Mahtaj Khamneian <khamneianm_at_missouri.edu> wrote:

>I have setup and am maintaining several shell and perl scripts to
>perform some DBA tasks. So far, I have included the sys password in the
>scripts whenever I connect to Oracle. I am now trying to find a way to
>avoid the oracle password inclusion in the scripts.
>Anyone has experience in this area?
>
>I appreciate some pointers.
>
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>Mahtaj Khamneian
>University of Missouri - ASP Phone : (573) 884-2281
>1805 East Walnut Fax : (573) 884-3070
>Columbia, MO 65201-6425 khamneianm_at_missouri.edu
>

Refer to O/S authentication in the Oracle Server Administrators manual.
If your account is in the dba group, always use connect / as sysdba

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Hth

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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