[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Allow a way to get the password from the system password database.
> Non unix platforms will likely need a similar function.
> Submitted by: John Barbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
How useful is this? It certainly isn't portable. Even some UNIX
platforms cannot have such a function.
Even with Linux, what happens with shadow passwords? You'll get "x"
back for the password, though certainly that is not the encrypted
password.
If the goal is to validate a password, it is more portable to define a
function which does that. Pass it a userid and password and let it
tell the caller whether or not it worked.
I think the strategy behind this needs to be reworked, and a new
function with different semantics provided instead of a function to
try to grab the password.
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