Hi, For confirming that password is shown or not in ps -ef, just try to connect to your server using your password ,then in a new window just do ps -ef --width 400 |grep mysql You will find the output like below which doesn't show the password -uroot -px xxxxxxxxxxx
Atleast it is not showing in my case. Anurag -----Original Message----- From: Rich Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:20 AM To: Cabbar Duzayak Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: MySQLDump - Command line password have you looked at using a my.cnf file? eMac:~ hcir$ mysqldump test > /temp/test.sql eMac:~ hcir$ ls -l /temp/test.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 hcir staff 78893008 Jul 19 16:47 /temp/test.sql contents of ~/.my.cnf [client] user = username password= password # actual username and password of course are not 'username' and 'password' On Jul 19, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Cabbar Duzayak wrote: > Hi, > > I have setup cronjobs to take daily backups of my db using mysqldump. > But the problem is, mysqldump requires the password to be passed via > command line, which means anyone on the same machine can take a peek > at my password using "top", "ps -ef", etc. > > Is there a way of avoiding this, i.e. making it read the password from > some file, etc? Or, is there any other alternative I can use? Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
