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Old 06-23-2008
Password is getting displayed
My shell script which runs on solaris has an execution in it.

Contents of shell script BEGIN :
Executable_filename username/password@DBinstance parameter2 parameter3
Contents of shell script END :

When i launch the shell script, it connects to database to gets few details..

In the console, when i execute "ps -aef | grep report", i am seeing "username/password@DBinstance" attached to unix user process..

What can i do for NOT to display database username/password which gets displayed on the console..?
# 2  
Old 06-23-2008
moved to "scripting". not a solaris problem...
# 3  
Old 06-23-2008
keep user name and password in a file and in the script, read them from that file

but you shouldn't keep the password plain text ... on command line and even in a file

consider some encryption for the password
# 4  
Old 06-23-2008
This is a very common problem with lots of different answers depending on your particular situation. Do a Web seach on "SQLplus hide password" and you will finds multiple solutions.
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