Re: connect userid/password script

In article dated Thu, 05 Sep 1996 22:18:51 GMT, jpjones_at_ wrote:
> We have a script that kicks off an export that is fed a userid/password
> combination. Executing a ps -ef on our Unix system shows the actual
> userid/password combination the export process is using.
>
> How can we prevent the password from showing up along with the system
> process information?

Embed the userid & password into an export parameter file:

    user=foo/bar
    compress=n
    ...
    etc

exp parfile=exp.par

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