Hi Flexvault,

Yes that is the problem.

I have two support and maintenance problems.

  1. How to support users remotely and interactively on Linux (eg remote desktop and I'm experimenting with Teamviewer. Although it seems to have some security issues (eg the free version seems to be routed via a third-parties server) these are transitory, because you are not *always* connected.
  2. How to provide general updates and patches for local Perl installations and this is where I am asking the questions. I am planning that the application will, according to some schedule or frequency, log onto the remote, secure, website and download the appropriate patches. However, I don't want the password to be freely available to casual users (actually, I have the same problem with the DSN password for my Firebird database).

So clearly using a file is better and more maintainable than using plain text in the code. I was planning on using a single user and password, but maybe I should use a separate user for each remote machine, then I could change the password each time it is used. The user would only then have a password for the next logon, which would expire after one logon.

Regards

Steve

In reply to Re^4: Keeping a password safe. by Steve_BZ
in thread Keeping a password safe. by Steve_BZ

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