On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 10:49:28AM +0530, Sapan J . Bhatia spoke out thus: > I have a binary only program that authenticates my host to the local gateway > so that I can use it... I need to put it in a cron job and run it > periodically, but unfortunately, it doesn't have provisions to store my > password and prompts me for it every time...
It would be interesting to know which binary program do you have in mind, unless the whole operation is a bit shady. ;) I have had a similar problem with the linux client of Cyberoam, which expects me to enter a password at a prompt everytime when I log in. Thankfully, it handles the cron part of it itself by being a daemon and sheduling keepalives itself. I wanted to automate this in my rc scripts, and Varun had suggested that I use expect(1) . I haven't yet tried it out though, but it seems like a reasonable solution. - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya Mindframe Software Work: sandip @ mindsw.com, http://www.mindsw.com Play: sandipb @ bigfoot.com, http://www.sandipb.net ----------------------------------------------- ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================
