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quickshiftin / mysqlbkup

Lightweight MySQL backup script in BASH
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Is the mysql password visible through ps? #10

Closed 4fd81048-Brian closed 8 years ago

4fd81048-Brian commented 8 years ago

Is the database password visible with ps -ef (viewing the mysqldump command line)?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9293042/mysqldump-without-the-password-prompt

Is setting up a ~/.my.cnf for the user running the script the best way around this?

Brian

quickshiftin commented 8 years ago

Hi Brian,

I presume this issue is fixed with your latest patch. I'm closing the issue. Thanks again for your contribution.