RE: ps -ef | grep sqlplus

From: Kimberly Smith <kimberly.smith_at_gmd.fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:06:40 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0032F0FE.20010619110428@fatcity.com>

We use an externally identified account here to sign on to the database from cron for DBA related tasks. Since only the dba team knows the oracle Unix password it works for us well.

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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:38 AM
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hi,

do you know how to hide oracle passwords from ps -ef? we pass in our pw in cron, and it shows up when you run ps -ef (to check unix processes). i recognize that is this NOT a smart thing to do...

can anyone recommend a better way of supplying oracle passwords when scripts are connecting to oracle? do you use config files that store pws? just curious what everyone else is doing to plug this security hole.

thanks,
kris

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