SSH is included in HP/UX, at least in the 11i install that HP's doing right now down the hall from me... Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Bobak, Mark [mailto:Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:05 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: No ".netrc" > > > 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------