Re: connect userid/password script
Date: 1996/09/09
Message-ID: <510hat$4a3_at_ncb.gov.sg>#1/1
Marek Wiechula and Sheila Plant (sparemgw_at_batelco.com.bh) wrote:
: jpjones_at_ wrote:
: >
: > 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
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