On 05/27/2018 11:08 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > On 27/05/18 17:21, Joel Goldstick wrote: >> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 12:08 PM, Pat Martin <wpmar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> ... Since it will be a script I will be running >>> through cron I won't be able to type the password > >> You can set environment variables on the system that runs the script. > > EV was my initial thought but...Would that work for a cron job? > I didn't think cron picked up the user environment? > Or have I got that wrong? Very possible, since I rarely use cron... >
It doesn't pick up your login environment, but it can still be given EVs. However that's not (much) more safe: the way a process was called can be examined, so you can fish the passwords out while it is active. More classical schemes for this involve using a third party to make things work: read up on using a token, OAuth style; or if the environment is more local and you're really only looking for a login password, a password agent like ssh uses. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
