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  1. 08-03-2009 #1
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    Secure Password to Shell Script

    Linux newbie needs to know how he can securely pass a password to a shell script (so the password doesn't have to show in the clear in the script)? This is a script which will run as a cron job.
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    Well, you cannot pass it in on the commandline, obviously.

    One possibility might be to put your password into a file and have the script read that file. By making the owner of the password file the same user as the person running the script and giving the password file permissions 400, only that user will be able to read the file.

    Of course, my immediate question is then to ask why you need this password? What are you doing that requires a password?
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    Creating a dump.sh script to daily (nightly) dump two databases via mysqldump.
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