RE: how to hide oracle password from a unix ps -ef

From: Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak_at_il.proquest.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:54:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DD08E.20040116105425@fatcity.com>

Message

You can do any of:

sqlplus /nolog

connect user/xxxxxxxx@whatever

export TWO_TASK=whatever

sqlplus user

Password: xxxxxxx

sqlplus user@whatever

Password: xxxxxxx

Mark J. Bobak
Oracle DBA
ProQuest Company
Ann Arbor, MI
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is." --Unknown

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan [mailto:ryan.gaffuri@cox.net]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 1:05 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: how to hide oracle password from a unix ps -ef | grep?

Is there a way to log into sqlplus without the username and password available to anyone who wants to grab it?

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RE: how to hide oracle password from a unix ps -ef | grep?