[Tutor] CGI problem.

Mon Nov 8 20:35:29 CET 2004

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:34:46 -0500, Kent Johnson
<kent_johnson at skillsoft.com> wrote:
> At 05:32 PM 11/8/2004 +0200, Mark Kels wrote:
> 
> 
> >I doesn't work :( ...
> >Here is what I did :
> >
> >import cgi
> >import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
> >import md5
> >form = cgi.FieldStorage()
> >x=open("pass.txt","r")
> >form.getfirst("pass")
> >print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
> >def printhtml():
> >    print """
> >       <html><body>
> >       <form><input name="pass" type="text"></form>
> >       """
> >def checkpass():
> >
> >    filepass=x.readline() # The password in the file is already digested.
> >    userpass=md5.new(form.getfirst("pass")).digest()
> >    if repr(userpass)==filepass:
> >        print "OK, come in."
> >    else:
> >        print "Wrong password, try again!"
> >
> >printhtml()
> >if form.has_key("pass"):
> >    checkpass()
> >x.close()
> >
> >
> >the result is the same (out put is always for wrong password...).
> 
> 
> I think you need to strip the newline from filepass:
>    filepass=x.readline().strip()
> 
> If this doesn't work put in
> print filepass
> print repr(userpass)
> so you can see what it is comparing
> 
> 
> 
> Kent
> 
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Sorry, it doesn't work...
Here is what I get when I'm printing filepass and repr(userpass):
\xc8\xff\xe9\xa5\x87\xb1&\xf1R\xed=\x89\xa1F\xb4E      (filepass)
' ,\xb9b\xacY\x07[\x96K\x07\x15-#Kp'      (repr(userpass))