--- Greg Stigers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Don't embed passwords in scripts, unless you are quite sure 
> that no one can read, write or run the script or read its 
> output. And when can you be sure of that? And when and how will 
> you change the password for your ftp user?

i kinda thought i'd let him deal with one problem at a time :-)

but both you and art are absolutely right -- do not hardcode
passwords!!

which opens a whole new can o'worms....

pre-sarox, a certain princess strongly advocated the use of .netrc
files.  but many shops now are not allowed to use .netrc files (but our
princess still likes the concept....).  about the only other
alternative left (because rcopy get ix-nayed by sarox too) is sftp.

speaking of sftp....is there a status for sftp on mpe?    - d

Donna Garverick, HP-CSA   Sr. System Programmer
dgarverick -at- longs -dot- com
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