Re: Apply User and Groups to Items in a Folder
Re: Apply User and Groups to Items in a Folder
- Subject: Re: Apply User and Groups to Items in a Folder
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:20:46 -0500
- Thread-topic: Apply User and Groups to Items in a Folder
On 4/19/06 22:02, "Laine Lee" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Here's something to mull over. This can help you store a password in a safer
> way than some. Some people believe there is no adequately safe way to store a
> password. You get a script that needs admin privileges and you quote it
> properly (I recommend Smile's "Make an Applescript String"), then you insert
> it into the place provided in the script. What the script does is create a
> version of your script that contains an obfuscated version of your admin
> password and calls it when needed. There are two versions of the compile
> command script line (the command that creates the script you want), one that
> creates the finished run-only version and one that creates a version you can
> edit for testing. You play with it in editable mode by leaving the run-only
> version of that line commented, and once the editable version is working, you
> comment the version of the compile command line that creates the editable
> version of the script and uncomment the version of the compile command line
> that c!
> reates the run-only version. It's pretty hard to get any useful information
> out of that run-only version. You have to decide whether it's hard enough to
> make the solution worth while.
Or you could just use the keychain for password storage
--
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stronger than any tie that can exist."
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