On Tue, 21 May 2019 at 03:17, Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote:
spwd > ~~~~ > > The `spwd <https://docs.python.org/3/library/spwd.html>`_ module provides > direct access to Unix shadow password database using non-standard APIs. > In general it's a bad idea to use the spwd. The spwd circumvents system > security policies, it does not use the PAM stack, and is > only compatible with local user accounts. > > Module type > C extension > Deprecated in > 3.8 > To be removed in > 3.10 > Substitute > **none** I find this one useful and would be a bit sad to see it go. FWIW I use it in pyftpdlib and I suppose there are other apps out there relying on UNIX password db for authentication. The fact that it’s a C module is also an incentive to leave it in the stdlib IMO (pure python modules can easily be copied in the project instead of retrieving them from PYPI as a third party dep - e.g. this is how I am likely going to replace asyncore/asynchat). A big +1 to this PEP by the way. -- Giampaolo - http://grodola.blogspot.com
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