[GRLUG] cron job an password

[Eric Beversluis]

Would it do to put the mysqldump in a script that only root can read and
then set the cron job to run the script? Would it be better--and more
secure--to have the script owned and executable only by mundaneUser and
then set the cron job to be run by mundaneUser?
 
On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 09:44 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> How can I set a cron job to do mysqldump without hardcoding the mysql
> root password into the cron command? (It looks like anyone can read the
> various cron files.)
> 
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