Re: Hide Password in SQL Plus

From: Garry M. Filimonov <garry_at_fly.triniti.troitsk.ru>
Date: 1996/09/13
Message-ID: <01bba184$16037160$bf0000c5_at_Garry.triniti.troitsk.ru>#1/1


Alexander Lyakhovetsky <alexl_at_wwa.com> wrote in article <3238C8B9.7537_at_wwa.com>...
> We are using sqlplus in shell scripts. In order to connect to a
> database, we have to pass connect string but password becomes visibale
> if you run ps command. Is there any way to hide password from ps
> command?
>
> Here is a couple of lines from our script.
>
> CONNECT=dbid/password
> sqlplus $CONNECT

A-HA !!! Do u try it?

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G'luck !
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Garry M. FIlimonov
LASU TRINITI, Troitsk, MO, Russia
garry_at_triniti.troitsk.ru
Received on Fri Sep 13 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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