concealing system password from AIX ps

We have a problem protecting the information of system or sys passwords when we use scripts with SQL*Plus.

With exp and imp we can at least use a parameter file.

On our AIX machines the UNIX command ps ef returns the parameters to every command, so anyone can see sqlplus system/manager
(that's not really our password)
Other ps on other machines don't have this "feature", according to Oracle support.

Has anyone a solution? It should be easy ...

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Graham Tritt graham.tritt_at_ste3.bfi.admin.ch Werner Schlueter (similar) Received on Mon Apr 24 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST