getting current UNIX uid

Hello, I am trying to get the user that is running the scripts uid, I have had a look at the pwd module and it does not appear to offer that functionality. Is there any way within python to get that information ? Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python password display

around that. Is there any built in method to do that or any how-to's around the Internet / Advice that I could research? Regards, Johhny. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

regular expressions and matches

he same thing in php very easily but python appears to be getting the better of me. Any assistance and advice would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: replacing \n characters in a hash

Hello All, thanks for your help. I got it working and learnt some more things which is always great. Your assitance has been very useful. Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: replacing \n characters in a hash

Hello, In response to that the output is this : 'Updated libc-client packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now\navailable.\n\nThis update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red\nHat Security Response Team.' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: replacing \n characters in a hash

Hello, Here is the code (minus my details section). server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url) session = server.auth.login(username,password) #functions. def getErrata(): channel_label = 'rhel-i386-as-4' errata = server.channel.software.list_errata(session,channel_label,start_date,end_date)

Re: replacing \n characters in a hash

Hello, Thankyou for your response, If I check that the errara_package value is with a print I get the following. ===SNIP=== Updated libc-client packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Respo

replacing \n characters in a hash

Red\nHat Security Response Team. What I had attempted to do is use the replace() function but it consistantly comes up with the following errors: Traceback (most recent call last): File "rhn_errata.py", line 63, in ? errata_package = errata_package.strip('\n','') At

accessing hardware information using python

have any ideas or any recommended reading about this matter? Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: reading files

Thanks for your assistance, Is it proper practice in python to flush any memory when you exit? for example Ive read the file into memory, when I close the file do I also have to flush any memory allocations ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

reading files

:00.0 + When I run the script I get the following: python reading_file.py Does anyone have any advice on this issue at all. Regards, Johhny. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: newbie to python

Thankyou, I appreciate your help. I did not realise that python would behave that way. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

text manipulation

rl/sed Its very easy, However Im having issues to do it in python. Any advice would be great. Regards, Johhny. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: newbie to python

Hello, Here is the script then the problem. cat testing.py import crypt import random, string def getsalt(chars = string.letters + string.digits): return random.choice(chars) + random.choice(chars) username = raw_input('password : ') print crypt.crypt(username,getsalt()) python testing.py

Re: newbie to python

Hello, If I go into the python shell and type help("modules") It does show that crypt is there. However Im unsure if that means that there is help or its got the module installed. >From a dpkg --list python* I have ii python2.4-crypto 2.0+dp1-2ubuntu1 cryptog