root password in a .py script

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:11:30 -0500, Bart Nessux <bart_nessux at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have to place a root password into a Python script. Is there a way to
> encode it so that one can't read the password when viewing the file, but
> when the sting is used it's decoded? For example:

The only remotely secure way is to do what Unix does in /etc/passwd (to name
a well-documented example).  As far as I can see.

/Jorgen

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