From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 07:56:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17530 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 07:56:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dove.peace.com.my (peace.com.my [202.184.153.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17520 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 07:56:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from panda@peace.com.my) Received: from lovebox ([202.184.153.99]) by dove.peace.com.my (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA03684; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:42:01 +0800 (SGT) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:42:01 +0800 (SGT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980118234853.00952c10@peace.com.my> X-Sender: panda@peace.com.my X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) To: don@partsnow.com From: chas Subject: security and scripts ? (was Re: Tcl/Tk tutorial recommendations?) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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