# Securing passwords xtrabackup

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/securing-passwords-xtrabackup/2354>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [March 26, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/securing-passwords-xtrabackup/2354 "2013-03-26T13:58:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![sabika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@sabika](https://forums.percona.com/u/sabika)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/securing-passwords-xtrabackup/2354/1 "2013-03-26T13:58:02Z")

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I read that some people are using the extra defaults file for passwords and some are specifying it in the defaults file. I need to specify a defaults file, but I also want to specify an extra defaults file for the login and password. Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![gmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@gmouse](https://forums.percona.com/u/gmouse)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/securing-passwords-xtrabackup/2354/2 "2013-03-26T14:08:07Z")

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No, but you can use a seperate defaults file for xtrabackup that contains the username/password. If your regular defaults file changes often, you can create a simple script that adds the username/password to that file and writes it in a secure location.