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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Verifying oracle connection from shell script Post 302462018 by jim mcnamara on Wednesday 13th of October 2010 03:40:50 AM
Old 10-13-2010
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
# usage $1 = username  $2=pwd, assumes ORACLE_SID and TWO_TASK (if needed) are set 
test_conn()
{
     usr="$1"
     pwd="$2"
     sqlplus -s ${usr}/${pwd}  << EOF | tr -d '[:space:]'
     set feed off
     set head off
     set pages 0
     set verify off
     select 'ok' from dual;
     exit
EOF
}
oops=1
while [ $oops -eq 1]
do
  print 'Enter username: ';  read uname 
  print 'Password: ';  
  stty -echo
     read pass
  stty echo
  result=$(test_conn $uname $pass)
  if [ "$result" = "ok"]  then
     oops=0
  fi

start with that.
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 10-13-2010 at 11:54 AM..
 

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pwd.h

pwd.h(3HEAD)							      Headers							      pwd.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       pwd.h, pwd - password structure

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pwd.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The <pwd.h> header provides a definition for struct passwd, which includes the following members:

	 char  *pw_name     user's login name
	 uid_t pw_uid	    numerical user ID
	 gid_t pw_gid	    numerical group ID
	 char  *pw_dir	    initial working di rectory
	 char  *pw_shell    program to use as shell

       The gid_t and uid_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types.h(3HEAD).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getpwnam(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)

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