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

[Adam R. <ad...@ex...>]

AFAIK the command line args are the only way at the moment. I would be
happy to see a PR that improves that though

On Tue, 24 May 2022, 11:52 Florian Schmitt, <
mai...@fl...> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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