Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.4) on Linux (RHEL 4 AS U2) does not have this
issue as the password is not visible via ps command.

Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.4) on w2k adv server does have this issue, when
process explorer is used to examine the calling statement.

Yet another reason to make the switch.

-bdbafh