> 1) How do i open a Telnet connection to a given server, using PERL of
> course ? I need to open the connection, validate the user's login, run a
> couple of commands and then close the connection. Any ideas ?
http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=telnet
( /me wonders if people even search CPAN anymore these days... )
> 2) One of my scripts receives two parameters: username and password. How do
> i use these parameters to check if there is a system account that matches
> those parameters ? Basically, what i want the script to do is to verify if
> the user is indeed a system user. Any ideas ?
If the remote system supports finger you could use that, check in
/etc/password, etc. I don't know how I would feel if a web site asked me
for my username and password and tried to log into a remote system on my
behalf.
- Ron
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