I generally put such things in a config file. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Ivan Shmakov <i...@main.uusia.org> wrote:
> BTW, what is the best current practice to pass ->connect () > $password to a command-line Perl script? > > Both specifying it via a command-line argument or via an > environment variable (DBI_PASS) is insecure, as on some systems > this information could easily be seen by the other users on the > same host. > > Perhaps, some variation on Net::Netrc should be used instead? > > My primary interests currently are PostgreSQL, which can use > Kerberos, and SQLite, which uses filesystem access rights > instead, but just for the case… > > -- > FSF associate member #7257 > -- Check out my LEGO blog at http://www.brickpile.com/ View my photos at http://flickr.com/photos/billward/ Follow me at http://twitter.com/williamward
