<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>this group is a smart bunch of cookies. anyone have any idea how to securely store passwords on unix/linux so that <span>i can run scripts that require passwords?<br><br>until Cisco builds SSH key pair recognition (or is it there already? ;), this seems like the only option.<br><br>i don't want to be storing passwords in plain text regardless of how secure the directory might be. or at least avoid it if at all possible.<br><br>thoughts?<br><br><span name="x"></span>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (ANNU)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>Cooking with unix is easy. You just sed it and forget it. <br> - LFJ (with apologies to Mr. Popeil)<br><span name="x"></span><br></span><br></div></body></html>