Re^2: processing system user login

Thanks for the reply. On my system, in any case, there is no /etc/shadow - so I guess what I'm looking for is a module that abstracts this a little bit, taking these OS differences into account. Any suggestions?

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Re^3: processing system user login by GrandFather (Saint) on Feb 26, 2007 at 10:25 UTC
In reply to a previous question radiantmatrix offers Re: Unix Password for validation which may help. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply]
Re^3: processing system user login by Anno (Deacon) on Feb 26, 2007 at 10:37 UTC
Never mind whether it's /etc/shadow or something else, the usual behavior is that getpwnam() retrieves the useless entry from /etc/passwd for non-privileged users and the encryption of the real password for root. Your code is fine. What you need is not a module but sufficient privileges. Anno	[reply]