[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Alright, I realize this is probably very basic to be posted on this
>newsgroup but I cannot figure out what is causing my problem. Here is
>the code I am using below:
>
>from getpass import getpass
>
>configfile = file('config.txt', 'w')
>serverPassword = configfile.readline()
> if serverPassword == '':
> print "Server warning: No password has been set!"
> pwd1 = getpass("New Password: ")
> pwd2 = getpass("Confirm Password: ")
> while pwd1 != pwd2:
> print "Passwords did not match."
> pwd1 = getpass("New Password: ")
> pwd2 = getpass("Confirm Password: ")
> print "Password set. Storing to file"
> configfile.write(pwd2)
> serverPassword = configfile.readline()
> configfile.close()
>
>Now when I look at the file, I can see the password that I had typed
>in, but there are also a bunch of symbols that are added to the text
>file as well. My question is how can I write just the password to the
>text file and not any extra 'garbage'. Thanks!
You want every file access to start at the beginning of the file. So,
there is really no point in maintaining a persistent file object at all:
FN = 'config.txt'
serverPassword = open(FN, 'r').readline()
if not serverPassword:
print "Server warning: No password has been set"
pwd1 = getpass("New Password: ")
pwd2 = getpass("Confirm Password: ")
while pwd1 != pwd2:
print "Passwords did not match"
pwd1 = getpass("New Password: ")
pwd2 = getpass("Confirm Password: ")
open(FN, 'w').write(pwd2+'\n')
serverPassword = open(FN, 'r').readline()
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