10-24-2008
Hiding password for FTP in a script
Hi,
I have a simple script to ftp from unix to a mainframe to get and put files. Currently I have the password setup in a VARS file and dereference the var in my script. Doing it this way allws me to change the password in only one place but it is still viewable for many people. Is there any other way to hide the password for the ftp command?
Thank you!
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Name
yppasswdd - server daemon for modifying the yellow pages (YP) password file
Syntax
/usr/etc/rpc.yppasswdd file [ -m arg1 arg2 ... ]
Description
The daemon is a server that handles password change requests from It changes a password entry in the specified file, which is assumed to be
in the same format described in An entry in file will be changed only if the password presented by matches the encrypted password of that
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should be set only at a YP master server machine.
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then an entry for should be put in the file of the host serving as the master for the yellow pages file.
Examples
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