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script credentials
From: Bryce Verdier <bryceverdier () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:51 -0800
Hello,So I've been writing a Perl script for my job. The script will be run from a cron job (interval not yet set) and deposit some information to a database. The database has a user with minimal rights to insert data.
So my question is with regards to how should the database user credentials be kept. So far the discussion has had three options:
1) credentials within the script 2) command line 3) config fileEach one has their own advantages & disadvantages but I would like to get the opinion of the community as to which one gets the label of "best practices".
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- script credentials Bryce Verdier (Feb 19)
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