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sqlplus shows password in clear text under cygwin [message #170510]

Thu, 04 May 2006 02:33

hellcat
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Registered: January 2006
Location: Zug, Switzerland

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Hi,

I'm using cygwin on a WinXP box (cause I'm missing the Unix tools). If I call sqlplus from cmd (windows) it prompts me for the password and when I type it in nothing appears on the screen(sqlplusw.exe shows me asteriks). But if I do the same within the cygwin environment sqlplus shows me the password in clear text while typing it in. I don't like this especially when somebody is at my desk and I need to login to show him/her something...

Anybody an idea to solve this?

Thanks,
BR

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Re: sqlplus shows password in clear text under cygwin [message #171014 is a reply to message #170510]

Sun, 07 May 2006 17:39

ebrian
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Registered: April 2006

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I don't have Cygwin so I can't test this, but what if you do the following at the command prompt and then hit ENTER.

sqlplus /nolog

and then enter connect <username> and hit ENTER. You should be prompted for the password.

connect scott
Enter password:

Have you tried this method?

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Re: sqlplus shows password in clear text under cygwin [message #171057 is a reply to message #171014]

Mon, 08 May 2006 02:30

hellcat
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Registered: January 2006
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I've tried every possible connection method...the password always appears in clear text, even when using different shells (bash/sh)...

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Re: sqlplus shows password in clear text under cygwin [message #171120 is a reply to message #171057]

Mon, 08 May 2006 08:51

ebrian
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Registered: April 2006

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That's strange.

Are you allowed to create an OS Authenticated account in the database? That way you can connect without issuing a password.

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Re: sqlplus shows password in clear text under cygwin [message #171132 is a reply to message #171120]

Mon, 08 May 2006 10:18

hellcat
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Registered: January 2006
Location: Zug, Switzerland

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Indeed, it's also strange to me!

No, can't create any accounts...

I guess it's something wrong in the cygwin/xterm config.

Thanks for your help.

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