[SQOOP-1223] Enhance the password file capability to enable plugging-in custom loaders

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.5
• Assignee: Jarek Jarcec Cecho
• Reporter: Jarek Jarcec Cecho
• Created: 02/Nov/13 01:01
• Updated: 06/Nov/13 03:14
• Resolved: 05/Nov/13 19:31

Description

Using --password-file argument currently requires the file to be available in plain-text format in a special file. It would be great if we can enable plugging in custom loaders that will be able to understand custom formats and/or encrypted password files.

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