topic How to encrypt password within scripts in Operating System - HP-UX

How to encrypt password within scripts

Aji Thomas — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:59:43 GMT

Hi guys,

I have a database script that contains system password within it. How can i encrypt the password with any other character.

Similarly, is there a way the script will prompt me for the password and i can type in the system password, in encrypted format.
And when the backup will be scheduled it will take the encrypted password.

Please advice us,
AJi

Please advice me

Re: How to encrypt password within scripts

Alex Lavrov. — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:05:07 GMT

You have "crypt" command.

But be sure that the encrypting algorithm of DB is the same of "crypt".

Alex.

Re: How to encrypt password within scripts

RAC_1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:08:24 GMT

There are compilers for shell scripts. you may look at those products. like shelllock or something similar.

Otherwise, you can not encrypt the pass in a shell file. What you can do is put following code, that will supress, the echo of the password.

trap 'stty echo; exit' 0 1 2 3 15
echo "Enter Password: \c"
stty -echo
read PASSWD
stty echo

Re: How to encrypt password within scripts

Aji Thomas — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:56:38 GMT

Hi RAC,

Thanks for the advice,
I want to verify the password matches with the database.
How can i achieve that?

Something like including
sqlplus system/$PASSWD

when i tried to include its shows the output, i want to run this autentication in the background. Please advice me

AJi

Re: How to encrypt password within scripts

RAC_1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:10:25 GMT

do your password check as follows.

stty -echo
your code for check goes here
some more code
stty echo

Anything between stty -echo and stty echo
will not be displayed to the screen.
You can also do re-directon of std out, std err to /dev/null

"check_statement" > /dev/null 2>&1

Re: How to encrypt password within scripts

Alex Lavrov. — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:15:48 GMT

Oh, by encrypted method you ment so the password will not be shown on the screen, I thought you wanna encrypt it before using.

Try:

sqlplus -L user/password > /dev/null 2>&1

echo $?

So, if "$?" is 0, login was ok, if not, login failed. -L option says to try login only once and exit and all the output we redirect to /dev/null.

Alex.

Re: How to encrypt password within scripts

Aji Thomas — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:06:35 GMT

Hi

Guys, its working fine.
In my script i included as follows,

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trap 'stty echo; exit' 0 1 2 3 15
echo "Enter Password: \c"
stty -echo
read PASSWD

sqlplus -L system/$PASSWD@prod < /dev/null 2>&1
exit
EOF1
exit_code="$?"

if test "$exit_code" = "1"; then
printf "\nLogin failed\n";
else
printf "\nLogin Success\n";
fi
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Regards
AJi