Re: Interesting suid problem

[Vincent Arkesteijn <v j arkesteijn utwente nl>]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 10:59:25AM -0700, Jeff Shipman - SysProg wrote:

> Everything
> is fine except for the fact that I want to
> keep the database password secure. I do
> not want to store it in the program for
> obvious reasons

Why? Just put the password in the program, and give your users
execute permission, but no read permission on the program. It
may not be too elegant, and it's a bit clumsy when you want to
change the password, but it's the simplest solution.

Regards, Vincent.