From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: sql-mode password display Date: 02 Mar 2005 11:57:30 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109782806 13246 80.91.229.2 (2 Mar 2005 17:00:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:00:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 02 18:00:06 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6X8h-0000r4-HB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:55:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6XRU-0000rS-Mb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:15:24 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 49 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1109782650 3867 166.84.1.5 (2 Mar 2005 16:57:30 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:57:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:128930 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:24473 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24473 When I use sql mode: M-x sql-msql, 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 I was trying to find wheter there was a customizable variable to conceal/display password and with M-x customize-apropos, I discovered that the password was displayed in the customization buffer as well: Sql Password: Hide my_password State: this option has been changed outside the customize buffer. Default password. More Parent groups: Sql If I start an ineractive mysql session at the command line in an xwsh shell, I get the following (password not displayed): rb@antonio 101% ps -ef | grep sql rb 29598 29535 0 08:31:14 pts/6 0:00 mysql -h sanmarco -u rb -p test Also, working in shell-mode within emacs, to process a batch file, my password is displayed in the *shell* buffer, and is retained in the command history list. >>From Emacs shell buffer: rb@antonio 98% mysql -vv -h sanmarco -u rb -p < dbs.sql > dbs.out0222 mysql -vv -h sanmarco -u rb -p < dbs.sql > dbs.out0222 Enter password: my_password Within the shell, any other commands requiring a password (ssh, rlogin, su, etc), the password is properly not displayed. This is GNU Emacs 21.3.1. Thank you, sorry if there's an obvious or known solution... rb --