[SOLVED] sed regex to blank our password entries

worm5252 · 09-09-2015, 10:58 AM

I have some logfiles that print out passwords in clear text. I need to a quick sed command to blank out the passwords so I can simply copy and paste log entries in an email for communication. Here is an example so one of those entries

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[2015-09-09 11:19:17,298] [DEBUG] [qtp1603837828-10 - /] com.zenoss.zenpacks.zenjmx.ZenJmxService$JMXCollector:73 - processing [connectionKey=service:jmx:iiop://server1.mydomain.com:12345/jndi/weblogic.management.mbeanservers.runtime, operationParamValues=, dptypes=[Ljava.lang.Object;@56609959, password=somecleartextpassword, authenticate=true, username=somejavauser, component=SOA_WorkManager_CompletedRequest, datasourceId=SOA_WorkManager_CompletedRequest, sourcetype=JMX, operationParamTypes=, jmxRawService=service:jmx:iiop://server1.mydomain.com:12345/jndi/weblogic.management.mbeanservers.runtime, commandTemplate=, cycletime=300, enabled=true, dps=[Ljava.lang.Object;@5ff3ce5c, attributePath=, jmxProtocol=RMI, operationName=, rrdPath=Devices/server1.mydomain.com, objectName=com.bea:ServerRuntime=soa_ms1,Name=wm/SOAWorkManager,Type=WorkManagerRuntime,ApplicationRuntime=soa-infra, rmiContext=jmxrmi, severity=3, eventClass=/Status/JMX, attributeName=CompletedRequest, jmxPort=12345, eventKey=, manageIp=1.1.1.1, device=server1.mydomain.com]

I need to be able to search for password= and then replace whatever is there with *****. The value after password= will be different every time as this will be used for device specific logs.

For testing I took the above entry and put it in a test.txt file. I have tried this one but It cuts out too much data from the log.

Code:

sed -e 's/password=.*\,/password=\*\*\*\*\*\,/g' test.txt

Which Produces the following output

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[2015-09-09 11:19:17,298] [DEBUG] [qtp1603837828-10 - /] com.zenoss.zenpacks.zenjmx.ZenJmxService$JMXCollector:73 - processing [connectionKey=service:jmx:iiop://server1.mydomain.com:12345/jndi/weblogic.management.mbeanservers.runtime, operationParamValues=, dptypes=[Ljava.lang.Object;@56609959, password=*****, device=server1.mydomain.com]

Obviously my sed regex is not right since I am replacing too much text in the string. Any help in tightening up this regex to replace just the password is appreciated.

worm5252 · 09-09-2015, 11:53 AM

I figured this out finally, on my own. the password=.*\, is what was messing me up, and I knew that, just wasn't sure what it should be. The code that works is

Quote:

sed -e 's/password=[^ ]*\,/password=\*\*\*\*\*\,/g' test.txt