walt@bcarh133.uucp (Walt Sullivan) (11/20/90)
I've modified the scan_password script ($Header: scan_passwd,v 3.0 89/10/18 15:15:43 lwall Locked $) that came with Perl to scan the Yellow Pages passwords, by changing the open statement to: open(Pass,"ypcat passwd|") || die "Can't open passwd file: $!\n"; When I run it, the open fails. When I run it under the Perl debugger, it works! It feels like a timeout problem to me. Any suggestions? -- Walt Sullivan 9D35 Carling Mail stop 104 ESN 393-7952 Unix mail: walt@bcarh133
lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) (11/21/90)
In article <WALT.90Nov20090759@bcarh133.uucp> walt@bcarh133.uucp (Walt Sullivan) writes:
: I've modified the scan_password script ($Header: scan_passwd,v 3.0 89/10/18 15:15:43
: lwall Locked $) that came with Perl to scan the Yellow Pages passwords, by changing
: the open statement to:
:
: open(Pass,"ypcat passwd|") || die "Can't open passwd file: $!\n";
:
: When I run it, the open fails. When I run it under the Perl debugger, it works!
: It feels like a timeout problem to me. Any suggestions?
I would guess you're running it under cron and your PATH is null. The open
shouldn't care about timing. Try saying /usr/bin/ypcat.
Larrywalt@bcarh133.uucp (Walt Sullivan) (11/21/90)
In article <10488@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: In article <WALT.90Nov20090759@bcarh133.uucp> walt@bcarh133.uucp (Walt Sullivan) writes: : I've modified the scan_password script ($Header: scan_passwd,v 3.0 89/10/18 15:15:43 : lwall Locked $) that came with Perl to scan the Yellow Pages passwords, by changing : the open statement to: : : open(Pass,"ypcat passwd|") || die "Can't open passwd file: $!\n"; : : When I run it, the open fails. When I run it under the Perl debugger, it works! : It feels like a timeout problem to me. Any suggestions? I would guess you're running it under cron and your PATH is null. The open shouldn't care about timing. Try saying /usr/bin/ypcat. Nope, I'm typing the command myself, and my path is not null. Using "/usr/bin/ypcat" doesn't help either - it still says "scan_yp_passwd: Networking error." unless I run it with "perl -d" and single step past the open. -- Walt Sullivan 9D35 Carling Mail stop 104 ESN 393-7952 Unix mail: walt@bcarh133