How to Login TD Session with Encrypted PAssword??
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If I need to share a script with someone that logs in via session = udaExec.connect(... Authentication="LDAP") how do I do this without revealing my password?
The script does not need to have the password hard coded in it. The password can be provided in an external configuration file or via Teradata Wallet if using ODBC as the connect method.
First add your password to Teradata Wallet (e.g. we will call our password "password_example"):
tdwallet add password_example
Then reference the password stored in tdwallet in the script:
session = udaExec.connect(method="odbc", ..., password="$$tdwallet(password_example)");
@escheie thanks for your help but I don't think I am filling in the blanks here.
- What is "tdwallet"? I have no module that I can import that is called tdwallet.
- Even in the example you give above
session = udaExec.connect(method="odbc", ..., password="$$tdwallet(password_example)");
"password_example" is still in the connection string. Sorry I have to reopen this. It is critical.
Can you please provide a more detailed example of how to do this?
tdwallet is a command line tool that acts as a password vault for Teradata Tools and Utilities . If you Google for Teradata Wallet, it should provide additional details if you need to install it. The password will not be contained in the script but will be looked up from the local wallet where the script is executed.