Python password display

around that. Is there any built in method to do that or any how-to's around the Internet / Advice that I could research? Regards, Johhny. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

getting current UNIX uid

Hello, I am trying to get the user that is running the scripts uid, I have had a look at the pwd module and it does not appear to offer that functionality. Is there any way within python to get that information ? Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

regular expressions and matches

appears to be getting the better of me. Any assistance and advice would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

replacing \n characters in a hash

rhn_errata.py, line 63, in ? errata_package = errata_package.strip('\n','') AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'strip' where errata_package is JUST the errata_topic hash value. Any advice would be great on how to do that. Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: replacing \n characters in a hash

Hello, Thankyou for your response, If I check that the errara_package value is with a print I get the following. ===SNIP=== Updated libc-client packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security

Re: replacing \n characters in a hash

Hello, Here is the code (minus my details section). server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url) session = server.auth.login(username,password) #functions. def getErrata(): channel_label = 'rhel-i386-as-4' errata =

Re: replacing \n characters in a hash

Hello, In response to that the output is this : type 'str' 'Updated libc-client packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now\navailable.\n\nThis update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red\nHat Security Response Team.' --

accessing hardware information using python

have any ideas or any recommended reading about this matter? Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

reading files

the script I get the following: python reading_file.py open file 'vsftpd.conf', mode 'r' at 0xb7d742a8 Does anyone have any advice on this issue at all. Regards, Johhny. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: reading files

Thanks for your assistance, Is it proper practice in python to flush any memory when you exit? for example Ive read the file into memory, when I close the file do I also have to flush any memory allocations ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: newbie to python

Hello, Here is the script then the problem. cat testing.py import crypt import random, string def getsalt(chars = string.letters + string.digits): return random.choice(chars) + random.choice(chars) username = raw_input('password : ') print crypt.crypt(username,getsalt()) python

text manipulation

easy, However Im having issues to do it in python. Any advice would be great. Regards, Johhny. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: newbie to python

Thankyou, I appreciate your help. I did not realise that python would behave that way. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: newbie to python

Hello, If I go into the python shell and type help(modules) It does show that crypt is there. However Im unsure if that means that there is help or its got the module installed. From a dpkg --list python* I have ii python2.4-crypto 2.0+dp1-2ubuntu1