Use python without install it.

[holger krekel]

Bertrand Geston wrote:
> Does somebody know if it is possible to use python on a computer under Linux
> on that it's not allowed to install it for security reasons (server in
> production) ?
> The purpose is to have some shell scripts written in Python to make some
> maintenance tasks. Those scripts are launched manually.
> 
> Run it from a CD rom ? How ?
> Special user ? is it really secure ?
> Other idea ?

I *guess* this is more a political than a technical issue.

Manually launching maintenance scripts doesn't look like
a big problem so far. but that completly depends on your
circumstances.

Could you be a bit more specific of which kind of security
do you want?  

    holger