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Date:      Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:42:01 +0800 (SGT)
From:      chas <panda@peace.com.my>
To:        don@partsnow.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   security and scripts ? (was Re: Tcl/Tk tutorial recommendations?)
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19980118234853.00952c10@peace.com.my>

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At 02:51 PM 1/17/98 -0800, Don Wilde wrote:
>Graphical Applications in Tcl & Tk, 2ed, by Eric Foster Johnson
>M & T Press www.mandt.com. Covers version 8.
>
>Tcl has [somewhat] cleaner syntax than Perl, but I'm not sure even Sun
>can push it past CPAN. I liked using the 'expect' extension for FreeBSD
>housekeeping, 

On that note, I was recommended Expect for scripting a webpage for
users to change their email passwords. Is this secure ? (bit dubious
of anything that runs with privileges to change the /etc/passwd file)

chas




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