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Kayne Grau wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows a way to somehow mask the sqlplus line
> or even the password that comes with doing a ps -ef | grep sqlplus
> statement in UNIX.
>
> What I mean, is that if I have a user that is doing a
> sqlplus whatever/whatever_at_whatever and I goto that machine
> and do a ps -ef | grep sqlplus, it shows me how the person is coming
> in.
>
> Is there a way to somehow mask this or not show it all???
>
> I would appreciate any help you gurus could give me..
>
> Kayne Grau
> (kayne.grau_at_coat.com)
>
Kayne,
Method one is to use OPS$ accounts,
Method two is to use environment variables to store the un/pwd_at_link,
Method three would be *NOT* supply the un/pwd when you invoke sqlplus.
Hope this helps. Received on Wed Jan 03 1996 - 16:26:09 CST
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