[wpkg-users] user password in settings.xml for wpkg client

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Grzegorz Marszałek schrieb:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm trying to generate password to wpkg share on my server. Idea is  
> like this:
> * I'm using puppet, but it could be any other tool for configuration  
> management
> * puppet is generating all wpkg config files based on database content
> * ok, so after first run I've got all .xml files, and all packages  
> files (.msi etc.) nicely downloaded to my server (linux with samba)
> * and now I'd like to generate password for wpkg user to access share  
> with software...
> 
> OK, the problem is, that wpkg client scrambles it's password in  
> settings.xml file. I'd like to have random passowrd for each server I  
> manage. There is no problem to generate settings.xml file (and thus  
> ease installation on wpkg client on workstation), but do you know what  
> algorithm is used to scrable password? I'd like to recreate it my  
> script.

Currently, there is no tool for creating the password (other than 
wpkginst.exe).

But it would be a good idea to create one (command line), both for 
Windows and UNIX.

If you download WPKG Client sources, look into 
WPKG/Sources/Components/XmlSettings.cpp, if you're familiar with 
programming, it should give you some clues.



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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org