The Easy Connect Naming Method allows you to connect to a database service without having to configure Net Service Names.
The most found example on internet is the one with typing the password at the command prompt when starting sqlplus:
sqlplus username/password@[//]host[:port][/service_name]
$> sqlplus system/manager@db_machine:1521/db_servicename
However, this means that the password will be stored in you history of commands (linux). This is not really secure… but sqlplus does not accept it when no password is supplied when using easy connect.
Two solutions
If you want to login with easy connect without typing the password on the command line, you have two options: Continue reading