Re: Security question: sqlplus and the ps cmd on Unix

George Dau <gedau{mim/isamail}_at_qld.mim.com.au> writes:

>We use unix environtment variables. In a file run from the .profile
>we set $VARBLE to be "scott/tiger" and run
>sqlplus $VARBLE _at_script
>to get around this.

Environment variables are just as insecure. If your system uses a BSDish 'ps' command, try 'ps aewww | more'. There may well be a similar one for System V derived systems.

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