in reply to Password Format Checking

Are you on a system that uses PAM? If so, Authen::Pam could be what you need. It claims to run on Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD.

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Re: Re: Password Format Checking
by zigster (Hermit) on Feb 19, 2001 at 21:11 UTC
    Nope, I think that Authen::Pam provides an interface to the PAM library, which is a library for providing alternative authentication (eg smart cards)
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      Err, no. PAM is a layer on various forms of authentication, from Unix passwd and shadow files to distributed systems like Kerberos. Application developers like PAM because it frees applications from (most) knowledge of how authentication is done.

      Here is the FAQ for the Perl interface.

      That said, arturo's solution is probably better for Daddio's actual question, but Authen::PAM is a good choice for Perl apps that need to authentication services.

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