Should I be trying to solve this problem some other way perhaps?

Yes. Don't store passwords in a Perl module. Put data in separate files, that aren't parsed by Perl. You could choose to use a database (which is quite easy to do in Perl), or a plain text file (a bit harder (even though most beginners seem to think plain text files are easy)) for your password storing.

Maybe I'm not understanding what your Password.pm does correctly.

Update - Nevermind me. I thought Vladinator was storing passwords in a module. "I know nothing about Perl" made me think he was a newbie that ill-named his module (You don't wanna know how many people store data in modules in the DBIx namespace, not realising that it is for DBI extensions). I didn't know about DBIx::Password on CPAN. 

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: How do I write what I need, given that I know nothing at all about perl. by Juerd
in thread How do I write what I need, given that I know nothing at all about perl. by Vladinator

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