#!/usr/bin/perl

open (MERGED , "> /tmp/passwords");
open (PASSWD , "/etc/passwd");
while ( my $line = <PASSWD> ) {
 my @fields = split(":", $line);
 my $fletter = substr($fields[0],0,1); 
 my $trusted_file = "/tcb/files/auth/$fletter/$fields[0]"; 
 if ( -r $trusted_file ) {
  open (TRUSTED , $trusted_file);
  while ( my $entry = <TRUSTED> ) {
   next unless ( $entry =~ /u_pwd/ );
   if ( $entry =~ /u_pwd=(.*):.*$/ ) {
    $fields[1] = $1;
   } 
  }
 }
 close (TRUSTED);
 print MERGED join ':' , @fields;
}
close (PASSWD);
close (MERGED);

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