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Authored by: mervTormel on Feb 02, '02 03:12:18AM

it is considered bad form to have any password embedded anywhere.

find another solution for authenticating the script. thare are some out there.

don't write passwords down anywhere.

passwords should be of the mind, only accessible by sodium pentathol and the promise of something nice in return ;]



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bad form - but...
Authored by: Maran on Feb 02, '02 10:37:48AM

Agreed. But, the idea is excellent, and the rest of the implementation seems just right --

How hard would it be to add some code at the beginning that prompts the user for the admin password to run these scripts instead of having to embed it? I don't know AppleScript and I guess I'm inclined to ask if anyone who does is willing to remedy these great ideas to make them secure - before I go out and try to learn to do it myself.

Kudos to the anonymous originator -- who's willing to improve it?



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