#60 sudo mysqldump --defaults-extra-file="~root/.my.cnf" ...

[mdi]

I have a ".my.cnf" setup that holds my root login for mysql related
commands, this aleviates me from remembering
and does not expose the password in the process execution.

sudo mysqldump --defaults-extra-file="~root/.my.cnf" ...

Example: marco@srv42:/etc/automysqlbackup$ sudo cat /root/.my.cnf
[client]
user=root
pass=xyzabc123

My feature request is to have an
option for "--defaults-extra-file" instead of user/password

[Jeff Rule]

I would also like this feature added. It could be yet another config in the different levels of configuration files.

[John Crisp]

+1

Don't like having the root mysql password littered about everywhere

[Jim Cooley]

I created a patch that provides a workaround for this. See ticket #29 in Patches.
https://sourceforge.net/p/automysqlbackup/patches/29/