[Exist-open] Java Admin Client - Credentials from file system?

[Florian S. <ml-...@fl...>]

Hi all,

is there a different way to provide authentication credentials to the 
Java Admin Client other than the command line parameters, e.g. read 
the user credentials from the file system? My use case is writing a 
bash script to import some resources into eXist using the Java Admin 
Client. Currently, the only way to authenticate seems to be using the 
command line parameters -u and -P, providing the db user credentials 
in clear text in the bash script. This is quite ugly. Other tools, 
e.g. cUrl, allow for using .netrc files with appropriate access 
rights. Is something similar available fot the command line client? 
What's the best practice for this use case?

Thanks in advance!
Florian