Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1PJdti25379 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:39:55 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 209.68.248.164 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1PJdsJ25371 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:39:54 -0600 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id IAA39208; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:22:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 00558960; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:25:00 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:25:00 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Jesse, Rich" Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Jesse, Rich" Subject: RE: Embeded password in script Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually, this would still display the password in the output of "ps -ef" because the "$syspw" environment variable is resolved before handing it to sqlplus. Try "sqlplus dbimpl/$syspw" and then a "ps -ef"... Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rich.jesse@qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L cat > pwfile syspw=blah export syspw ^D chmod 700 pwfile Unix Prompt> . pwfile Unix Prompt> sqlplus dbimpl/$syspw @your_script_here Raj ------------------------------------------------------------- Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com Any views expressed here are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !! -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have been tasked to write a script to run SQL. I don't want a password field to be shown in the script. Does someone have run into this and have a better idea? For example, I have following line in my script. Sqlplus dbimpl/password @SQLscript.sql Also, from command line we go through following steps to shutdown database, how do I code these steps in the script? $svrmgrl SVRMGRL>connect internal SVRMGRL>shutdown -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: Rich.Jesse@qtiworld.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).