On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, L. M. Marchese wrote:
> libcrypt: do you mean the crypt(3) function?
Yes, as packaged in the appropriate Python module. Unfortunately nobody
has bothered making a PAM module for Python, but that's ok -- just use
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow as usual. It's only when you use alternatives
that it becomes a problem (e.g. NIS or RADIUS authentication).
The reason I mention Python is because it is a very clean and
easy-to-learn scripting language that is very useful for doing things that
are difficult or impossible in plain old /bin/sh scripts. I have written
several large Python scripts and they are much easier to maintain and
modify than the equivalent Perl or /bin/sh scripts. (Don't even mention
"C").
>
> I have found an EXPECT cgi program which changes the password using
> information passed to it through a web form. Unfortunately, with my
> current version expect none of the password scripts (autopasswd, etc.)
> work. Someone had mentioned previously that an earlier version of
> expect will solve the problem.
Hmm. You may wish to just examine the scripts to see what is going on. TCL
is really very simple, I learned enough of it to use EXPECT by reading the
O'Reilly book on EXPECT.
> on the TCL/TK toolkits, do I have to change the the tcl/tk version. I
That, alas, is a usual problem with TCL/TK. All my TCL/TK scripts broke
when I upgrade to RH 5.0 too, 'cause they upgraded TCL/TK. Stupid
language. None of my Python scripts have ever broke when they upgraded
Python.
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