Re: How to hide password on command line in AIX

> How can I hide the pasword for using tools like sqlplus on command line in
> AIX ?
>
> For example,
> sqlplus apps/apps_pwd @abc
>
> I've tried to substitute the password with a env. var like
> sqlplus apps/${APP_PWD} @abc
>
> But this does not work in AIX, it shows the value of the variable instead
 of
> the name of the var when I do a ps -ef

On HPUX I used a program called hide.c. This put a lot of spaces in front of the UN/PW so they fall of your terminal when using ps -ef. I still have it somewhere. If you can't find it on the net let me know, I can mail it to you.

Have a nice day,
Rob. Received on Tue Apr 25 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT