Well, make sure you tunnel it securly with SSL or the like, but have a look at: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php
-Brad > Hi, > > is there a way, to verify a password via php, if it matches it's entry > in /etc/shadow ? > I am trying to write a script, which needs a user authentification on a > server wide basis and since the users come and go rather fast on the > server in question, i thought that the best way would be to let the user > enter his system username & password and validate it with the one set in > /etc/shadow for that entered username. > > md5() didn't work, so i guess that i am using the wrong method. Does > anyone know, how i can achieve this? > > Regards, > Duncan > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
