Hi!

I wanted to ask a question regarding preludedb-admin.

I am using 0.9.14.1-2 (Debian GNU/Linux Lenny). There is no way not to
define the database password (e.g. mysql password) NOT in the command
line argument. The password shows up in plain text in the system
process list while using preludedb-admin.

It should be possible to "pipe" the arguments to preludedb-admin

The current way:

preludedb-admin delete alert "type=mysql name=prelude user=prelude
pass=prelude" --criteria "alert.create_time < $DATE"

"Better way":

some-script-generating-arguments | preludedb-admin

(Alternatively just pipe the "type=mysql name=prelude user=prelude"
part)

And / Or:

preludedb-admin --args filename

(Alternatively just read the "type=mysql name=prelude user=prelude"
part from file)

And / Or:

Read password from an environment variable:

#/bin/sh

export PRELUDE_PASS=prelude
exec preludedb-admin delete alert "type=mysql name=prelude
user=prelude" --criteria "alert.create_time < $DATE"

And / Or:

Read password from stdin if missing in the argument.

Hope you got my point

Thanks a lot and best regards,