how to encrypt / decrypt passwords in a file

vicosobase · 08-14-2012, 09:39 AM

I have a config file that applications will use to access our database. This is a plain text file but we want the oracle login passwords to be encrypted. How do we encrypt the password lines within the plain text file.

Thanks in advance for your help

cortman · 08-14-2012, 09:42 AM

See here.

devnull10 · 08-14-2012, 12:15 PM

I wouldn't encrypt it, just use the permission bits correctly on the file (ie, owned by the instance with permissions 600).

vicosobase · 08-14-2012, 03:07 PM

That is right, but it is management's requirement that the password lines be encrypted/masked. Must not be in plain text.