Actually, this would still display the password in the output of "ps -ef" because the "$syspw" environment variable is resolved before handing it to sqlplus.
Try "sqlplus dbimpl/$syspw" and then a "ps -ef"... Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L cat > pwfile syspw=blah export syspw ^D chmod 700 pwfile Unix Prompt> . pwfile Unix Prompt> sqlplus dbimpl/$syspw @your_script_here Raj ------------------------------------------------------------- Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com Any views expressed here are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !! -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have been tasked to write a script to run SQL. I don't want a password field to be shown in the script. Does someone have run into this and have a better idea? For example, I have following line in my script. Sqlplus dbimpl/password @SQLscript.sql Also, from command line we go through following steps to shutdown database, how do I code these steps in the script? $svrmgrl SVRMGRL>connect internal SVRMGRL>shutdown -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
