RE: passing a password

> 
> $queue is the printer i want to add.  The problem is that the 
> cupsaddsmb
> utility prompts for a password.  How can I send that password along to
> the program?  I tried making my system call with a pipe to an echo
> password like this:
> 
> system("/usr/sbin/cupsaddsmb -U admin $queue | echo password");
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>

Have you looked at the 'Expect' module? I am not sure it will work in this
case, but it has worked for me with programs like su and telnet. here is
some code from a script i did a while ago (although I can remember if I
actually got this to work :) :
  
	use Expect;
      .....


	my $su = Expect->spawn('/bin/su',$user) or die "Can't start Program:
$!\n";
    # stop the output from going to STDOUT 
      $su->log_stdout(0);
    # capture pw and die with appropriate string if pw is wrong
	my $error = ($su->expect(10, 'password:'))[1];      
	if ($error) 
	{
		print $su "Sorry.\r"; 
		$su->soft_close();
	}
       
	$su->soft_close();
	exit 0;

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