GetOption not working in plugin

Posted by Poromenos on Mon 01 Sep 2003 02:03 PM — 6 posts, 27,766 views.

Poromenos Greece Mon 01 Sep 2003 02:03 PM #0

I am trying to use the GetCurrentValue("password") thing in a plugin, and it gives me a mismatch... Am I doing something wrong, or is it designed that way?

Poromenos Greece Wed 03 Sep 2003 06:01 PM #1

Hmm I tried creating a trigger in a plugin to "send to scripting", and it still didn't work. Is it a safeguard?

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Wed 03 Sep 2003 08:37 PM #2

Yes, each option has a flag as to whether the plugin can read or set it.

I put that in so someone couldn't write a "cool plugin" that actually harvested passwords.

For example, you might write a plugin that appeared to do a nice hitpoint bar, but in addition established a chat connection to the author and sent the player's password secretly - that sort of thing.

Poromenos Greece Wed 03 Sep 2003 10:45 PM #3

Yes, I see your point... *Cough* not that I would do anything like that...

Magnum Canada Wed 05 Nov 2003 04:40 AM #4

A bug in current versions (up to 3.42) allows for a workaround to this.

See my thread here:
http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?bbsubject_id=3454&page=999999

Shadowfyr USA Wed 05 Nov 2003 05:55 PM #5

Noting however that chat would tend to would be obvious, an external app to do it in secret is hard to hide and that the INET control (which is about the only other option) would lag the client when it executed. It isn't impossible, but not exactly as easilly done as might be expected.