Re: Hiding password from ps - Need better solution

badri wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> We have an ORACLE 7.2 database on Dynix/ptx 4.1.2. I wanted
> to hide the username and password from "ps" command.
>
> I called ORACLE about hiding password from the ps command.
> I was given a program called hide.c. This program works great if
> I do just ps. However, If I do "ps -ef" (or whatever your implementation's
> way of showing ps with arguments is)and the password is still visible.
> Is there a way of doing this? I would ideally like the following:
>
> If my command is
>
> sqlplus username/password _at_command arguments
>
> I want ps (or ps -ef) to show
>
> sqlplus _at_command arguments

OS authentication can solve such ^^^^^

>
> Any ideas?
>
> thanks a lot,
>
> -Badri
 

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