function GetPasswd

{

RunCounter=1

DB_PSSWD=getpassword

while [ -z "${DB_PSSWD}" -a ${RunCounter} -le 20 ] ; do

DB_PSSWD=getpassword

sleep 3 ## To address error "Cannot open /proc/net/tcp" and retry after 3 seconds

let RunCounter=${RunCounter}+1

done

if [ ! -z "${DB_PSSWD}" ]

then

export DB_PSSWD=${DB_PSSWD}

else

echo "Get DB password error"

exit 1

fi

}