RE: [PHP] Can I authenicate user with the accounts in passwd and shadow??

]] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:21 AM To: Zenith Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Can I authenicate user with the accounts in passwd and shadow?? On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 07:51 PM, Zenith wrote: > But I wonder if I can check the user account against with the > /etc/passwd, i.

Re: [PHP] Can I authenicate user with the accounts in passwd and shadow??

On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 07:51 PM, Zenith wrote: > But I wonder if I can check the user account against with the > /etc/passwd, i.e. use the system accounts. > You can do this I think. I just saw an Oreillynet article about it, I think. If this link doesn't tell you how, then I don't kn

[PHP] Can I authenicate user with the accounts in passwd and shadow??

I know that, I can use HTTP, or just normal HTML to prompt for user id and password. And check against the plain text, encrypted text or Database for the user account. But I wonder if I can check the user account against with the /etc/passwd, i.e. use the system accounts. For example, in the sys