Is the database local? Can you convert the account to allow sqlplus /
If it's Oracle, then I think it's something like:-
This would negate having to know/store the password anywhere. If you can validate to log on to the operating system, then you are trusted to the database.
Failing that, what have you tried? Storing details like this are notoriously fraught with danger from someone else being able to read the files. If they can read the script (to run it) then they can find the file.
Can you give us more context as to what the eventual end requirement is?
I have 2 scripts: script1 and script2
Script1 passes 4 parameters to script2 as follows
#script1
code
...
...
script2 $var1 $var2 $var3 $var4
Script2 uses the export command to know to expect these values
#script2
export $1 $2 $3 $4
code
...
...
The problem that I am having is... (1 Reply)
I have created a script "myscript.sh"
I need to run this script with diffrent parameters.
The parameters are stored in a file myparam.txt.
I need to run myscript.sh script for every parameter supplied in myparam.txt.
Example:
If myparam.txt contains following lines:
param1
param2
param3... (3 Replies)
hi,
i am passing around 14 parameters for a script
a=$1
b=$2
c=$3
d=$4
e=$5
f=$6
g=$7
h=$8
i=\"${9}\"
shift
j=\"${1}\"
still for j it is displaying the 1st parameter value..how to make it take the 10th parameter (2 Replies)
Hi,
The below script is working fine
awk1.sh
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awk BEGIN { FS="|" } FNR==NR { f1=$2; next } $1 in f1 && $2 =="xx" && $1 == "DAILY_JOB" {print $3}
awk -f awk1.sh a.txt b.txt--Its working fine .
When passing parameters its not working .Any help it should be appereciated.
... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I am new to shell scripting required some help in passing the parameter value to the shell script.
I am writing a shell script, in the script I have created two functions as below.
first function
get_trend_ids () {
Here I am connecting to the database and getting all the... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I have written a shell script and the script is working fine, I am passing my MIT_ID(NUMBER VALUE) to the shell script from the command prompt and my script is executing as expected.
Now I have to pass all the MIT_ID's from a .txt file to the shell script,as I am automating this I... (6 Replies)
how can i make a script to run only when parameters are given,
if parameters are not given it should through an error , saying "please enter a parameter"
for ex: i want a find command to run only when the parameters are given (4 Replies)
we are using following script to execute stored procedue. The problem is run_pmcmd.ksh script is using $*
parameter which is not taking in account 'Men Shirt' parameter which includes spaces.
1. Step 1
run_pmcmd.ksh CONVERT_TEST
script for run_pmcmd.ksh
/u01/$(whoami)/run_pmcmd.ksh... (11 Replies)
I have a script that uses more than one parameter. It looks like this:
for i in `cat /tmp/listofpolicies`;
do
for x in $(cat /tmp/lst |sed 's/^/\/usr\/openv\/netbackup\/db\/class\//g');
do /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplinclude $i -delete -f $x;done;done
The problem is that the... (3 Replies)
Hello Experts,
I have a requirement to pass some parameters to Linux cron tab.
For ex: My default cron entry looks like this as below:
-------------------------------
55 10 * * --... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: MaheshChaudhari
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
auth
auth(5) File Formats Manual auth(5)Name
auth - auth database
Description
The database is a repository of security-relevant information about each user of the system. This database contains the encrypted password
associated with the user's account in addition to a list of assorted capabilities. The database is stored as an database in the files and
Records are retrieved with the library routine. Access to the database is restricted to the superuser and members of the group
Auth records may be converted to an ASCII representation whose format is:
1000:4KvidFYwovnwp3j8lll78dC1:1920129:3600:2678400:03:0:1000:0:00:00
The first field is the UID of the entry that is used as the key into the database. Then follows:
Encrypted Password
This is the user's encrypted password. Whether this password or the one from the file is actually used is determined by the
security level that the system is running at.
Password Modification Time
This is the time(2) the password was last set.
Minimum Password Lifetime
This is the minimum number of seconds which must elapse between setting passwords.
Maximum Password Lifetime
This is the maximum period of time for which the password will be valid.
Account Mask These are capabilities pertaining to the account itself. They are:
1 A_ENABLE: this account is enabled.
2 A_CHANGE_PASSWORD: The user can change his or her password.
4 A_ENTER_PASSWORD: The user is not required to use machine-generated passwords.
Login Failure Count
This is the count of unsuccessful login attempts since the last successful login.
Audit ID Positive integer identifier used in generating audit records for the user.
Audit Control See the reference page, SET_APROC_CNTL section for more information.
Audit Mask Determines which events will be audited for the user. See the and reference pages for more information.
Restrictions
Only the superuser and members of the group may read information from the auth database. Only the superuser may modify the auth database.
FilesSee Alsoaudcntl(2), getauthuid(3), getpwent(3), edauth(8)auth(5)