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Re: Can Unix script not changeable and not readable ?

From: Stefan Jahnke <stefan.jahnke_at_d2vodafone.de>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 06:46:33 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0035BC41.20010801062110@fatcity.com>

"MacGregor, Ian A." schrieb:
>
> Compilation will not make the password unreadable.
>
> Ian MacGregor
> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
> ian_at_slac.stanford.edu
>

Hi,

if you want to hide the connect strings, place them in an extra directory, only x-able and readable by privileged users. Then have your scripts (that should be accessible only by privileged users anyway) read the configuration from a file placed in that directory.


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