From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: sql-mode password display Date: 02 Mar 2005 15:35:41 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <38mf4qF5q3gudU1@individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109796186 28885 80.91.229.2 (2 Mar 2005 20:43:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:43:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 02 21:43:06 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6aaY-0000qo-Au for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:36:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6atN-0001Xd-Ds for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:56:25 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!newsread.com!newsprint.newsread.com!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 47 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1109795741 19861 166.84.1.5 (2 Mar 2005 20:35:41 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:35:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:128936 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:24479 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24479 Kevin Rodgers writes: > rb wrote: > > When I use sql mode: > > > > M-x sql-mysql, then follow prompts, > > > > I get the interactive sql buffer which works very well for me. The only > > problem is that when I list the processes, the mysql process shows my > > password, and I would like to know if there is something I can do to > > conceal it? > > > > rb@antonio 102% ps -ef | grep sql > > rb 29562 29372 0 08:44:27 pts/4 0:00 grep sql > > rb 29717 15897 0 08:43:34 pts/8 0:00 > > /usr/freeware/bin/mysql --user=rb --password=my_password > > --host=sanmarco test > > What happens if you don't enter your password when prompted by M-x > sql-mysql, i.e. just type RET? Thank you for the suggestion, Without password, the server rejects the connection attempt - it is configured to require passwords. [...] > M-: (string-match comint-password-prompt-regexp "Enter password: ") RET > returns nil, so I would try > > (setq comint-password-prompt-regexp > "\\(\\([Oo]ld \\|[Nn]ew \\|'s \\|login \\|Kerberos \\|CVS > \\|UNIX \\| SMB \\|^\\)[Pp]assword\\( (again)\\)?\\|pass > phrase\\|\\(Enter\\|Repeat\\) pass ?\\(word\\|phrase\\)\\)\\( for > [^:]+\\)?:\\s *\\'") that is what the value of comint-password-prompt-regexp already is, as mentioned: > > Within the shell, any other commands requiring a password (ssh, rlogin, > > su, etc), the password is [properly] not displayed. sorry, if that wasn't said clearly. rb --