Mark Carter wrote: > I have some python scripts that run as cron jobs. They connect to > external resources (like a newsserver) - for which passwords are > required. I currently have them stored in the scripts themselves (ouch!) > - and was wondering if there was a more secure solution.
Any form of authentication requires some kind of secret data that uniquely identifies the party in question -- in this case, the password identifies your script. To run on behalf of you, the Python interpreter must be able to have that password. Short of a full-blown Trusted Computing system, it's impossible for that data to be stored in a form which Python can use but nobody else can. I'm afraid you just have to rely on the security of your operating system. -- David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
