Just a guess, but how about
[mysqldump] password = PASS
??
Best regards
Nils Valentin Tokto/Japan
Asif Iqbal wrote:
Hi All
I have to run this to dump the database
mysqldump -u root -pPASS --opt database > database.tmp
Is there anyway I can hide the PASS is a file ? I was trying to put it in /root/.my.cnf as this
[client] password = PASS
That seems to be not working. I am not sure if mysqldump even reads that file. The only option worked for me is putting the password in a file /root/.pass and chmod it to 000 and then run this
mysqldump -u root -p`cat /root/.pass` --opt database > database.tmp
However I don't like this option because it tells you where the password is residing. I need to put this in cron so I don't like the option of showing the filename
Thanks
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