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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to store the passwords securely and use in scripts? Post 303034046 by Neo on Wednesday 17th of April 2019 03:29:03 AM

04-17-2019

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Originally Posted by karumudi7

I want to store the passwords in a global file, so that all the users will not use them to login but a process should use it. One way is to keep the passwords in a .ini file and execute the file in the start of the script and use that variable.

But with this, one can echo the variable in the script and see the value.

How are you guys storing, let's say production database password, and use that in the script while writing the database connect statements.

You should do a risk analysis and determine the threats, risk and vulnerabilities and decide the best controls to use based on your risk profile.

If I read your post correctly, you are working on a linux box (which one?) or unix box (which one?) in a commercial application with multiple users with access on that server.

So, you need to look at the permissions, and so I assume the DB is not running as root (that is very unusual), so it is running as a user with certain privs.

You need to example DB privileges relative to the users on the system and come up with a strategy to mitigate risk.

Normally, users cannot read others users files if the permissions are set so others cannot read or access.

So, if your DB process can read the file with the clear text password, but others users cannot, then that is obviously one first step.

If you describe your system environment in more details and your view of the risks (in the case of compromise), then I can assist further.

There is a difference based on the risk, as I have mentioned, and you need a variety of controls (physical, logical [meaning technical] and administrative [meaning rules in this context]) when viewing IT security controls.

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script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
       when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a    Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.

NOTES

       script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

WARNINGS

       script  can  pose  a  security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
       privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.

SunOS 5.11							    30 Jan 2004 							 script(1)