Re: asdbget and the -p parameter

[Sean Porterfield <sporter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can run a script from your cron job and put the following in it (with your
file/system info of course)

#!/bin/sh
export ASDBGET_PASSWORD=password
asdbget -m 37 as400 lib/file

Dan Hrabarchuk wrote:

> I got the cvs version a couple days ago. Compiled it and all the problem I
> had before are gone. But I have a new problem the -p parameter is gone. I
> realize that it was taken out for security reasons. Not having the password
> in your bash history. Well that blows the hell out of my plan to use asdbget
> in a cron job. Can you put it back in. When it's found on the command line
> use that password if not found ask for the password. Compromise.
>
> ttyl

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