[LUNI] Help with bash script

[Eric MacAdie]

What about entering the password as an argument to the script?

Eric MacAdie

Samir Faci wrote:
> and if you do, make sure you chmod the hell out of that file so no one
> besides you can read it.
>
> putting passwords in plain text always makes me nervous.
> -- 
> Samir
>
> On 2/4/07, Constantin Gavrilescu <costi at rcn.com> wrote:
>> Stephen Boulet wrote:
>> > I'd like to write a script to backup my important linux files to my
>> > macintosh:
>> >
>> >   rm -f tracks.sql mahler_backup.tar.bz2
>> >   mysqldump --add-drop-table  -u root -p --opt tracks > tracks.sql
>> >   tar -cpfj mahler_backup.tar.bz2 /usr/local/share/moin tracks.sql
>> >
>> > The middle step needs for me to enter the password, and this is where
>> > I get stuck ...
>>
>> Change the middle row into:
>>
>> mysqldump --add-drop-table  -u root -pyourpassword --opt tracks >
>> tracks.sql
>>
>> Where you replace yourpassword with your password :) You may chmod 700
>> the script for some (false) sense of security.
>>
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