Phoenix.pm: Expect.pm question
Phaedrus
phaedrus at endless.org
Mon Nov 8 14:48:52 CST 1999
> From: Douglas E. Miles <doug.miles at bpxinternet.com>
>
> Kevin Buettner wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 8, 11:54am, Douglas E. Miles wrote:
> >
> > my $passwd = Expect->spawn("/usr/bin/passwd $username");
> >
I don't know what sys you are running, or what expect is, but you may wish
to take a look at the passwd source code. I've had similar problems with
ftp taking a password from stdin in the past (had to use a .netrc). It
could well be security built into passwd, designed to frustrate people
writting scripts to make the system try lots of passwords. Just a guess.
Goodluck!
-scott
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