Python /etc/shadow

[shakeeb]

hi
i am pretty new to python .i was wondering whether there is any
module so that i could authenticate against /etc/shadow file i tried
pwd it only checks the /etc/passwd file
Any help will be appreciated
shakeeb

 

[John Abel]

Have a look at Medusa. There is some code in the examples that checks
against passwd/shadow.

Regards

John

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Have a look at Medusa. There is some code in the examples that checks
against passwd/shadow.

Doesn't Medusa run at a privileged level?

As I recall, the shadow files are used because regular "user"
level code can NOT read them. So unless the original poster is running
privileged levels for his code, he can not use the shadow files
directly.


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[Christophe Cavalaria]

hi
i am pretty new to python .i was wondering whether there is any
module so that i could authenticate against /etc/shadow file i tried
pwd it only checks the /etc/passwd file
Any help will be appreciated
shakeeb

There is a package called python-pam in Debian. I don't know if it is what
you want but it looks like it ( PAM : Pluggable Authentication Modules ).