Mask Passwords with ** a field?

[cedua]

Hi all,

I'm actually running a job that requires a txt file (this file is in a diferent server), so I'm using a FTP in the UNIX shell

I call the shell with something like this:
Argget.sh #Archivo# #Usu# #Pass#

The shell works fine, it transfers my file and all is working ok.

THE ISSUE IS: If I double click the job I get the "last run" parameters I used, and one of these is the password I used in the FTP.

QUESTION: Is there a way to "mask" this with "*"??
(I can't put the login/passwd in hardcode, because the job can be run by different users)

Greetings,

[ray.wurlod]

No.

One site at which I worked edited the log entry in an after job subroutine to mask the clear password.

[girija]

You can't do it. You need to scrambled password value and write into a file. Un-scramble < Cat the file and used password inside your script.
You can use PERL scripte for this.

[cedua]

No.

One site at which I worked edited the log entry in an after job subroutine to mask the clear password. ...

OK, That sounds nice... how can I do it?

[ray.wurlod]

Write an after-job subroutine that:

• determines the job number of DSJ.ME
  
  opens that job's log (hashed) file
  
  finds the current "job started" event using DSGetNewestLogId()
  
  reads and updates that log event (replacing password parameter values with asterisks) and writes it back to the log

[cedua]

Solved, the user and pass are in a shell file (which it's opening the FTP)

Thx!

[ray.wurlod]

Perhaps solved, but not an answer to the original question.