In the next release of Sage it won't be necessary to provide a password at all on startup, so we don't need to set one. Having a default "common" password would be a security risk (as is running inotebook, potentially).
Another question is about certificates--for which info is asked the first time Sage is started up. This could be automated too. - Robert On Jan 16, 2008, at 5:59 AM, gri6507 wrote: > Hello, > > First, to set the context for this thread. I am wrapping up the > packaging of SAGE in RPM form. One of the things that I am trying to > do now is to create a simple menu entry (shortcut) so that users can > easily and conveniently start sage's notebook. > > My goal is to have the menu entry be a basic shell script like > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/sage -inotebook & > sleep 4 > www-browser localhost:8000 > > However, it seems that to do so, regardless of whether the requested > notebook is secure or not, the user is asked for a password (Admin > password in the case of the inotebook). And since my shell script > needs to be backgrounded, the user cannot input the Admin password > (unless, they know how to foreground and background processes, which I > can't assume they do). > > At the same time, it seems like starting inotebook only asks for the > Admin password once and, once its set, it does not need to be set > again. So, at least in theory, I should be able to set the Admin > password during the RPM installation. Which brings me to my question. > Is there a way to programatically input the Admin password from the > command line (something like sage -c password=blahblah)? If not, then > I have to jump through some hoops to be able to set the password > initially. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
