Hey all!

Recently I began working at a company where I am tasked with writing Perl utilities for NT/2000 administration. Thankfully I found several good books on the subject, including the brand new "Win32 Perl scripting: The Administrator's Handbook" by Dave Roth. I desperately need his Win32::Perms module and it is only available via his website (not on CPAN or ActiveState). Earlier this week I was able to install this (and Win32::Lanman) on one machine. Alas, they were available via ppm repository, so I didn't end up with a local copy. Normally this is not an issue..

Well, it just so happens that the websites for Dave Roth and Jenda krynicky went DOWN this week (same day...) without warning. Jenda's module's seem to be available elsewhere but not Dave's.

So my thought for the week is -- isn't it wise to put your module on CPAN? The PERL world at large needs a backup. Especially if it is the ONLY known short-term solution for something critical. (Yeah, sure, I could probably learn the Win32 API and rewrite it myself in a few weeks but that shouldn't be necessary, eh?)

Does anyone know what's going on with the above websites? Is Dave ok? Just bought his book, which is great. But I need that Win32::Perms module pronto.



Thanks, Umlaut

In reply to The Missing Win32::Perms Module by Umlaut

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