03-20-2009
Idea for DB Password in Shell Scripts
I work in an environment where we have a Oracle DB Server on a AIX box. There are several batch scripts that load and execute on the database. The DBA wants to periodically change the password. Ideally I would like to have one common place to maintain the database as it is changed. I was thinking the .profile, however I would like do do something more secure and less obvious. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to securely store a password to be used in shell scripts?
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fbsql_database_password
FBSQL_DATABASE_PASSWORD(3) 1 FBSQL_DATABASE_PASSWORD(3)
fbsql_database_password - Sets or retrieves the password for a FrontBase database
SYNOPSIS
string fbsql_database_password (resource $link_identifier, [string $database_password])
DESCRIPTION
Sets and retrieves the database password used by the connection. If a database is protected by a database password, the user must call
this function before calling fbsql_select_db(3).
If no link is open, the function will try to establish a link as if fbsql_connect(3) was called, and use it.
This function does not change the database password in the database nor can it be used to retrieve the database password for a database.
PARAMETERS
o $
link_identifier -A FrontBase link identifier returned by fbsql_connect(3) or fbsql_pconnect(3).If optional and not specified, the
function will try to find an open link to the FrontBase server and if no such link is found it will try to create one as if
fbsql_connect(3) was called with no arguments.
o $database_password
- The database password, as a string. If given, the function sets the database password for the specified link identifier.
RETURN VALUES
Returns the database password associated with the link identifier.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
fbsql_create_clob(3) example
<?php
$link = fbsql_pconnect("localhost", "_SYSTEM", "secret")
or die("Could not connect");
fbsql_database_password($link, "secret db password");
fbsql_select_db($database, $link);
?>
SEE ALSO
fbsql_connect(3), fbsql_pconnect(3), fbsql_select_db(3).
PHP Documentation Group FBSQL_DATABASE_PASSWORD(3)