Re: connect userid/password script

jpjones_at_ wrote:
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> Question:
> 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?
>

I have the same problem. With the export jobs I embed the user/password in the parameter file as other commentators have suggested. But I also run SQL*Plus jobs. In these cases I put the user/password into the ~.sql script and use a relatively public sign on with no more than CREATE SESSION capability to make the UNIX level connection. The user/password inside the script are not echoed to the ps -fe output.

Marek Received on Sat Sep 07 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST