I'd look at the ssh family of utilities. See http://www.openssh.org Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is." --Horace Walpole -----Original Message----- From: mkline1@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mkline1@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:01 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: No ".netrc" Security is saying they don't like ".netrc" files. Is there a way to hide passwords and things that make passwords unavailable and yet allow for some sort of "authorized" file transfers in a Unix/Unix environment? The current scripts which use the .netrc files take a copy of the exports from one box that does NOT have a tape drive to another box WITH a tape drive for backup. Perhaps there is some software product with "agents" that are powered by a set of rules and you don't have to give it passwords if you do what you are allowed to do. Something where one perhaps could do a "moveit filename remote_host remote_directory" and if the rule says okay, it happens, no password needed. This is HP-UX if that makes any difference. -- Michael Kline, Principle Consultant Business To Business Solutions 13308 Thornridge Ct Midlothian, VA 23112 804-744-1545 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------