in reply to Re^2: Properties files to read the tokes and passwords outside of the perl scripts.
in thread Properties files to read the tokes and passwords outside of the perl scripts.

There are two parts to the answer:

  1. The question doesn't make it clear how the passwords might be used
  2. If the intended use is to feed the passwords into something else my answer still holds. It is best practice to use a public/private key pair instead of bare passwords. I guess that falls under "This may not apply to your situation, but ..."

Yes, it is a badly asked question.

Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond
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