ADSM-L

Re: Clear text passwords. Was: Automating dsmserv

2003-05-27 20:53:25
Subject: Re: Clear text passwords. Was: Automating dsmserv
From: "Stapleton, Mark" <stapleto AT BERBEE DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 19:49:42 -0500
From: Stephen E. Bacher [mailto:seb AT DRAPER DOT COM] 
> A slight improvement on security would be something like:
> 
>  dsmadmc -id=login -pass=`cat /private/tsm/password.txt`
> 
> where /private/tsm/password.txt is readable only by the 
> user/process that
> invokes dsmadmc.  You could do this in combination with a 
> setuid script
> if necessary.

Just a thought here...
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#!/bin/ksh

# Run environmental variable script to set ID and PASSWORD
# script tsmenviro.sh has permission rwx--x--x and is owned by root
/usr/tivoli/tsm/scripts/tsmenviro.sh

dsmadmc -id=$TSM_ID -password=$TSM_PWD <insert command here>

#EOF
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Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Berbee Information Networks
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