> The command given in the script is : > > mysqldump -u root -p *F298CEE6BE03DAEB0D515166F40879C6DD1D24F3 > dental > /var/database/dental.sql > > If I try to execute the script from the command line it asks for the > password where as the password is given in the command in my case the > password for root user is *F298CEE6BE03DAEB0D515166F40879C6DD1D24F3" > . > remove the space between "-p" and the password. ie, use -p*F298CEE6BE03DAEB0D515166F40879C6DD1D24F3