Thanks, the DBA management scripts are not a problem. Those on the database server itself, except for those which need to talk to the rman catalog have no passwords. The problem is with client programs. Access to physics papers and data for analyis for collaboration members, data which needs to be public, that sort of thing. Ian Fred Habash (OCP 8i,9i) ACS Healthcare Off: 248-226-8778 http://www.acs-inc.com/index.html -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of fmhabash Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:46 AM To: MacGregor, Ian A. Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Passwords in Scripts I personally developed all my DBA management tools using PERL for -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l