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  • From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>
  • To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] Hiding password in fisql and bsqldb
  • Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:01:59 -0500

Peter Chase wrote:
> I'm trying to use fisql and bsqldb in a bash script and I'm having
> problems finding a way to hide the password from the ps command without
> requiring user input.

Yeah, it's a problem. On my agenda for some time is adding the ability to
use $HOME/.netrc for that purpose, as some ftp clients do. sqsh uses
.sqshrc to do the same thing (except limited to one
server+username+password tuple).

It would be a welcome patch.

--jkl




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