[HPADM] Re: SUMMARY : Hiding password embedded in Shell Scripts

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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 22:37:49 -0700 (PDT)
To: hpux-admin@dutchworks.nl

Hi Gurus,

What if I want that in a script ..ie
I donot want my password visible in a plain text file
Rather I accept a password in a script and its
encrypted right away while the user puts an input to
my script.

Thanks !!

--Deepak
--- "Lal, Neeraj" <Neeraj.Lal@pfizer.com> wrote:
> Hi Admins
>
> Thanks for all your answers everbody said to me to
> implement the .netrc
>
> I created the .netrc file in my home directory the
> content of file is as
> follows
>
> machine xx.xx.xx.xx login abcdefgh password tyuiop
>
> and then the script
>
> ftp -i -v xx.xx.xx.xx <<EOF 2>&1
>
> get filename
> quit
> EOF
>
> and it worked
>
> Thanks
> Neeraj Lal
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lal, Neeraj [mailto:Neeraj.Lal@pfizer.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:54
> To: 'hpux-admin@DutchWorks.nl'
> Subject: [HPADM] Hiding password embedded in Shell
> Scripts
>
>
> Hi Admins
>
> I am posting this question related to security I
> have few shell scripts
> running in my system to transfer (ftp ) the files on
> daily basis from one
> server to another and these shell scripts have
> userid & password which
> raises a security breach . Is there anyway to hide
> these passwd in scripts.
>
> Please do let me know
>
> I will summarize
>
> TIA
> Neeraj Lal
>
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