RE: Concealing SQL Loader password from ps -ef

From: Johnston, Tim <TJohnston_at_quallaby.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:12:54 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003B4AE7.20011025102312@fatcity.com>

You could also use a parameter file... Look at the utilities manual under the command line reference... The example from Oracle is...

PARFILE specifies the name of a file that contains commonly used command-line parameters. For example, the command line could read:

sqlldr parfile=example.par

The parameter file could have the following contents:

userid=scott/tiger
control=example.ctl
errors=9999
log=example.log

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From: Bellows, Bambi [mailto:BBellows_at_usg.com] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:51 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Concealing SQL Loader password from ps -ef

The << operator creates a set of commands to be executed until a particular label as part of the calling command and only the calling command is displayed on ps -ef. This should work the same for sqlloader as it does for sqlplus or ftp or su or whatever else. Just put the username/password on the inside of the << operator and you should be golden.

HTH,
Bambi.

sqlplus << EOF
system/incredibly_secret_password
select * from dual;
exit
EOF -----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

When running Sql Loader from a Unix script is there a way to code it so that the password will not be displayed when someone does ps -ef?

I know how to do it for sqlplus, exp and imp but not sql loader.

TIA,
Jay Miller
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