Re: Hide Password in SQL Plus

From: Parris Geiser <parris_at_duart.esp.bellcore.com>
Date: 1996/09/15
Message-ID: <51hmvv$1du_at_athos.cc.bellcore.com>#1/1


Alexander,

	Don't use this advice. The variable CONNECT will be expanded and seen with ps.
		parris

Alexander Lyakhovetsky (alexl_at_wwa.com) wrote:
> 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
 

> Thanks, Alex
 

> alexl_at_wwa.com
Received on Sun Sep 15 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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