Re: Clear text passwords. Was: Automating dsmserv
2003-05-27 16:06:53
Justin Bleistein <justin.bleistein AT sungard DOT com> wrote:
>any alternatives to running: "dsmserv" via batch mode with the:
>
>dsmadmc -id=login -pass=password syntax...
>
>I mean it's passwords in clear text so all someone has to do is cat that
>file and your exposed... Any ideas on how to automate the client-server
>interface (dsmadmc) without displaying the password anywhere?. Thanks!.
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.
- seb
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