Passlist Script
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The passlist script is a fantastic tool that helps us quite a bit, but it is only ever provided in the base .py script. When an updated script is released, I usually end up making a .exe file since the majority of the cases that I work on will be on Windows.
A simple way that I do this is add the line
k=input("press close to exit")
at the end. Then, I will use pyinstaller to create the .exe file.
https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/
The "k=input("press close to exit")" is just so the .exe doesn't immediately close when the .exe is finished running.
While I have no problem doing this for my own team (since it only takes about 2 minutes of work), I think it would be helpful for others if Nx implements the same or similar items to be used by customers and releases a .exe version with the .py script. It would also allow our team to share a "developer" created version instead of one made by me, some guy who only has a baseline understanding of python :)
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The majority of our servers that are sold to customers are Windows servers and do not have python natively installed. While it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to do so, sometimes these servers are in locations that will make installing new software troublesome (and are the locations that most often need to have that passlist tested). Additionally, most of our user base has no idea how to actually use scripts, even with provided instruction. I can understand and respect the mentality of what Nx deals with in relation to their direct customers, but this is more to act as a helpful extension to the customers of Nx's customers.
If it's not done, no biggie, but I just thought it would be a helpful suggestion for folks who aren't familiar with python scripts and how to use them.
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