Justin Bleistein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >any alternatives to running: "dsmserv" via batch mode with the: > >dsmadmc -id=login -pass=password syntax... > >I mean it's passwords in clear text so all someone has to do is cat that >file and your exposed... Any ideas on how to automate the client-server >interface (dsmadmc) without displaying the password anywhere?. Thanks!.
A slight improvement on security would be something like: dsmadmc -id=login -pass=`cat /private/tsm/password.txt` where /private/tsm/password.txt is readable only by the user/process that invokes dsmadmc. You could do this in combination with a setuid script if necessary. - seb
