[users@httpd] Are passwords with embedded spaces allowed using htdbm?

[Tom Browder <to...@gmail.com>]

I can get htdbm to accept a cleartext password with spaces when using the
mode where I enter the password at the command line, e.g.,

  htdbm -cB dbmfilename user

and the password is validated ok using

  htdbm -vB dbmfilename user

but I can’t get it to work using the batch mode:

  htdbm -cbB dbmfilename user passwordwithspaces

I have tried using single quotes around the password as well as backslashes
before the space without success.

I would love to be able to programmatically use passwords with spaces if
anyone can show me how to do it.

Thanks.

Best regards,

-Tom

[users@httpd] Re: Are passwords with embedded spaces allowed using htdbm?

[Tom Browder <to...@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 09:00 Tom Browder <to...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I can get htdbm to accept a cleartext password with spaces when using the
> mode where I enter the password at the command line, e.g
>
...

I’m sorry for the wasted bandwidth, but I proved myself wrong!  I used a
bash script sussessfully but I wasn’t able to use Perl 6 successfully.

However, I was trying to use the Perl 6 “run” command whch didn’t work.
When I changed to the Perl 6 “shell” command, all worked well!

(The differences in the two commands includes how spaces are handled.
 “run” was treating the password as two or more separate words.  I could
have used “run” differently to overcome that and I will do so.)

Best regards,

-Tom

.,
>
>   htdbm -cB dbmfilename user
>
> and the password is validated ok using
>
>   htdbm -vB dbmfilename user
>
> but I can’t get it to work using the batch mode:
>
>   htdbm -cbB dbmfilename user passwordwithspaces
>
> I have tried using single quotes around the password as well as
> backslashes before the space without success.
>
> I would love to be able to programmatically use passwords with spaces if
> anyone can show me how to do it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Tom
>