Re: [phplib] authentication via /etc/passwd From: Leif Jakob (phplib <email protected>)
Date: 11/07/00

On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:59:30PM -0600 Mitchell Hagerty wrote:

> Date: Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:59:30PM -0600
> From: Mitchell Hagerty <mitchell_hagerty <email protected>>
> To: To phplib <email protected>
> Subject: [phplib] authentication via /etc/passwd

Hi Mitchell!

> I've written my app to use phplib session handling
> but I would like to use the login/passwd in the
> /etc/passwd file for authentication.
>
> Any thoughts on how to do this? Had it been done?

I don't think so, you could test this users very easy with a quick
POP3- or FTP-Login using native PHP-sockets. But if you mean REAL
/etc/passwd-checks (no /etc/shaddow) it's even more easy but what kind
of systems still use this method? To get access to shaddow you need
root-privileges and this will only be possible with IPC or
suid-root-binaries (a bad choice).

Leif

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