Re: [RE: ps -ef | grep sqlplus]

From: Yigal Ran <ydran_at_usa.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:33:13 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0032F1AB.20010619114108@fatcity.com>

Look at OPS$ user accounts in the DOC's.

Yigal

Kimberly Smith <kimberly.smith_at_gmd.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 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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> hi,
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> 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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