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Encrypting passwords when triggering jobs via shellscript

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:57 pm
by yaminids
Hello friends,

We use Espresso to schedule all our jobs by triggering them via shellscripts.The problem is that the passwords are appearing in clear text in the logs of Espresso.
Is there a way to encrypt passwords when triggering the jobs through shellscripts?

Thanks a lot in advance
Yamini

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:09 am
by ray.wurlod
You could use encrypted environment variables.

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:09 pm
by yaminids
Thanks for the info Ray
One more question: How can I mask the DataStage userid who is running the job

Thanks
Yamini

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:34 pm
by chulett
'Mask the userid' in what sense? They will still own the PIDs generated and show up on any kind of process scan or query, so I'd be suprised if it's possible. But then I've been surprised before.

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:47 pm
by yaminids
Craig,

I was mistaken. I thought that passwords would be displayed in clear in the scheduling tool
Anyway, I have encrypted all the passwords in environment variables

Thanks
Yamini