Re: best way to store an oracle login/passwd in a startup script?

From: Ana C. Dent <anacedent_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:53:48 GMT
Message-ID: <0RGei.7185$s57.7040@newsfe07.phx>

Mark Harrison <mh_at_pixar.com> wrote in news:C0Dei.5809$c06.2741 @newssvr22.news.prodigy.net:

> We have a webapp (under apache) that needs to connect to
> the database. Of course, since it starts up automatically,
> we don't have a place where a user can type in a login
> name and password.
>
> An obvious solution is just to embed the name and
> password as part of the connect string in the apache
> config file:
> DB_CONNECT_STRING=myname/mypass_at_myoracle
>
> Is there a better way to do this?
>
> Many TIA!
> Mark
>

By using OS authentication, no password is needed. Received on Thu Jun 21 2007 - 21:53:48 CDT