If you are using perl, then use crypt function. You can use perl module for PAM also. Regards, Mukund Deshmukh Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. Web site - http://betacomp.com
-----Original Message----- From: rajan batra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:25 AM Subject: [LIH] hello Hello , This is the problem , concerning to password authentication of any user/root at login prompt. I am creating a utility which needs to check the password entered by the user, and compare it with the root password of the file /etc/passwd So�I wanted to know whether there is any file which accepts input as any login name and password and uses the passwd encryption of linux and compares it with actual passwd Even if I come to know the passwd encryption used by linuz will do� Thanking u Rajan batra. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
