accessing files in a password protected folder

stewartski has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Perlmonks,

I suspect this is a trivial question, although I've not been able to find an answer so far.

Using Perl, I need to access some files that are on a different server to that of the script, although both are on our network. The files are in a password protected folder. (Don't worry, this is all legal, and eventually the bureaucracy here will tell me what that password is.)

My question is: using 'chdir' or 'opendir' how can I pass the password parameter. The only thing I can think of might be to use 'here doc' type syntax ie. <<. I have used this method in the past to pass a username and password for an ftp script.

Does anyone know if this is possible, or if there is a better method?

Many thanks
stewartski

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Re: accessing files in a password protected folder by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Mar 02, 2005 at 11:20 UTC
I think you are going to have to be more specific how you are intending to access these files on a different server - are you using NFS, SMB, FTP, WebDAV or what? /J\	[reply]
Re: accessing files in a password protected folder by dorward (Curate) on Mar 02, 2005 at 11:21 UTC
Are you asking about accessing SMB (Windows File and Print Sharing) shares? If so, then I would imagine that you should be looking at SMB::Client. It might be easier to mount the remote directory before running your Perl script (in Windows-land this process is handled by Mapping)	[reply]
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Re: accessing files in a password protected folder by jbrugger (Parson) on Mar 02, 2005 at 11:35 UTC
assuming the script is on a *nix server, mount the remote filsystem using nfs or smb as suggested above, using the -o paramaters to set the 'owner' or proper rights to the mounted folder Second run the script as the user that has the rights on the mounted dir.	[reply]
Re: accessing files in a password protected folder by rupesh (Hermit) on Mar 02, 2005 at 11:38 UTC
If you're running on Windows, then you have the RUNAS command at your service. Cheers, Rupesh.	[reply]