How can we securely provide a password to mysql without exposing it to theworld by just putting it directly in the command? How to Provide a Password to mysql? Recently, I was writing a small Bash program with a GUI (usingzenity) that would promptthe user for their MariaDB credentials and then retrieve someinformation. Passing username and password to the mysql program lookslike: $ mysql -u user -h host -ppassword mydatabase -e 'select 1;' (Note that there cannot be a space between -p and the...
