Re: [Python-Dev] [OT] Re: getpass and stdin

2008-02-26 Thread Mike Meyer
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:32:03 -0500 "Leif Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) I am willing to type in the password, which is obvious to anyone who > > can read a simple script. That just doesn't work for a program you w

Re: [Python-Dev] [OT] Re: getpass and stdin

2008-02-26 Thread Shaya Potter
Leif Walsh wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 1) I am willing to type in the password, which is obvious to anyone who >> can read a simple script. That just doesn't work for a program you want >> to run in the background to type it in every time. >

Re: [Python-Dev] [OT] Re: getpass and stdin

2008-02-26 Thread Leif Walsh
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) I am willing to type in the password, which is obvious to anyone who > can read a simple script. That just doesn't work for a program you want > to run in the background to type it in every time. I recommend you just ha

Re: [Python-Dev] [OT] Re: getpass and stdin

2008-02-26 Thread Shaya Potter
Charles Cazabon wrote: > Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Leif Walsh wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the -p option is not good on multi user systems the -p option is not particularly good on NFS based systems (have t

[Python-Dev] [OT] Re: getpass and stdin

2008-02-26 Thread Charles Cazabon
Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leif Walsh wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> the -p option is not good on multi user systems > >> the -p option is not particularly good on NFS based systems > >> (have to trust every user on ever