Unless you must write a client app you could always just write some CGI scripts. Lincoln Stein's other book, Programming with CGI.pm, shows you among other things how to upload a file through the browser (fairly trivial actually after seeing his example). I did something like that recently using Apache::Session to keep track of the user after they logged in, and they navigate to an upload form to putsh up the file. The authentication is pretty simple that way, have the user fill out the form and on the back end crypt() it (or whatever is used in you password file on the box) and compare it against the password file.
Anyway, it would probably be a lot easier that way... but I don't know the requirements of your app. Cheers. Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Advice Wanted: authenticating users with perl Okay, let me just start by saying that I'm only looking for advice and triage. (In other words, I'm not asking you to do the work for me. Please don't send nasty emails along the lines of "Use Google you moron." Done that; there's a lot out there.) So my big project for Jan is the following: Write a client/server where- -client runs on Windows w/activestate -daemon runs on Solaris -client taps server, server responds with query for password -client takes password from user (preferably without echoing) and encrypts or hashes it -sends to server, which authenticates agains the Unix password file -server oks -client sends file across socket -server checks file, severs connection; does something with file This is probably trivial for some of you, but it's a big project for me. I'd love advice on the password authentication component in particular (e.g. module suggestions). But if anyone can recommend a site with sample code I can play with, or any number of books on the subject that would be great. I just want models and examples and references. I've ordered a book by the oft-acclaimed Lincoln Stein, "Network Programming with Perl." Do you think this will go a long way toward helping me? (As I hope.) Thanks, John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
