Q&A: Protecting passwords in scripts and cron jobs?
Question by Parand: Protecting passwords in scripts and cron jobs?
What’s a good way to protect passwords that need to be used in scripts and cron jobs? For example, the script might need a password for access to the database and another for access to a remote machine. I don’t want to put the plain-text passwords into the script. How do I enable the script to have access to the password but prevent anyone else from accessing it?
Best answer:
Answer by msafiullah
i encrypt the passwords. i like MD5 encryption. to verify if the user should be granted access to a restricted area, get user to enter password, encrypt this user input, and check if this matches the original encrypted password.
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