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Vihang Karajgaonkar updated HIVE-13589: --------------------------------------- Attachment: HIVE-13589.9.patch Attaching the updated patch which makes password with optional argument like discussed. Adding the review url too > beeline - support prompt for password with '-u' option > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-13589 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-13589 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Beeline > Reporter: Thejas M Nair > Assignee: Vihang Karajgaonkar > Fix For: 2.2.0 > > Attachments: HIVE-13589.1.patch, HIVE-13589.2.patch, > HIVE-13589.3.patch, HIVE-13589.4.patch, HIVE-13589.5.patch, > HIVE-13589.6.patch, HIVE-13589.7.patch, HIVE-13589.8.patch, HIVE-13589.9.patch > > > Specifying connection string using commandline options in beeline is > convenient, as it gets saved in shell command history, and it is easy to > retrieve it from there. > However, specifying the password in command prompt is not secure as it gets > displayed on screen and saved in the history. > It should be possible to specify '-p' without an argument to make beeline > prompt for password. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)