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Ferdinand Xu commented on HIVE-13589:
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Hi [~vihangk1]
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2. Will this work if if the password is really an empty string (non-null but
empty)?
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Now option "- p" required a parameter which means empty string will not be
allowed as a password to pass in. The only way to login with an empty string is
by prompting.
> beeline - support prompt for password with '-u' option
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>
> Key: HIVE-13589
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-13589
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Beeline
> Reporter: Thejas M Nair
> Assignee: Ke Jia
> Attachments: HIVE-13589.1.patch, HIVE-13589.2.patch,
> HIVE-13589.3.patch, HIVE-13589.4.patch
>
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> Specifying connection string using commandline options in beeline is
> convenient, as it gets saved in shell command history, and it is easy to
> retrieve it from there.
> However, specifying the password in command prompt is not secure as it gets
> displayed on screen and saved in the history.
> It should be possible to specify '-p' without an argument to make beeline
> prompt for password.
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