Pass password for proxy server in Maven2 through command line or prompt?

Question

As I'm uncomfortable storing my username and password (must auth to the proxy server with my normal login credentials) in plaintext in .m2/settings.xml, I'm trying to see if there is a better way to pass my credentials.

What I've tried

• Relying on system proxy settings - didn't work (obviously)
• Leaving out password - downloaded 5k - 740b jars. Right...
• Adding -Dmaven.proxy.password=mypass to command line - Same as above

is there anyway I can pass this information over command line? Or even better, is there a way to have it prompt me for the password?

FYI, it works as expected when I do have the password in the configuration file

Answer 1

I have never used this particular feature of Maven, but they do have some support for encrypting passwords in your settings.xml. You can read more here: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-encryption.html

That doesn't exactly answer your question, but it might solve your root problem.