add script link to cPanel interface

[GlobeDomain]

Hi,

I'm planning to add a link into the cPanel interface (I know it will get overwritten by cPanel updates).
The link is a perl script that will do some processing.

1) One way is to put the script in my account (say, the url is http://xyz/script.cgi) and add the link to this where I want it under /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x/
But, anyone can then execute http://xyz/script.cgi without giving the password.
Does anyone know where the cPanel usernames and encrypted passwords are stored so I can grab them for my .htaccess password file?
Or if there is some script where I enter the username and it returns the encrypted password, that'll do too.

2) Another way is to keep the script under /usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x/ and add a link to that.
However, it seems to be always displaying the code instead of executing the cgi script.

Thanks in advance.

Ankur

[akashgoel]

I'm no veteran, but I believe their names and passwords are stored in mysql, database: mysql table: users. What type of hashing is in those passwords I wanted to know? Is there a way I can do the same using PHP?

Akash