Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:41:46 +0100 From: "sapdb@komadev.de" <kai@freshx.de> To: Q <q_dolan@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getpwnam with md5 encrypted passwds Message-ID: <1069836106.3fc4674ab26f6@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1069813848.99808.8.camel@boxster.onthenet.com.au> References: <1069810210.3fc40222e2bca@localhost> <1069813848.99808.8.camel@boxster.onthenet.com.au>
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Zitat von Q <q_dolan@yahoo.com.au>:
This was a stupid mistake !
Thanks
> Change your crypt line to:
>
> if (!strcmp( crypt(pass,pwd->pw_passwd), pwd->pw_passwd) ) {
>
> Seeya...Q
>
> On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 11:30, sapdb@komadev.de wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > i am trying to validate a given user password against my local passwd-file
> with
> > this piece of code :
> >
> > if (!( pwd = getpwnam ( user ))) {
> > log(ERROR,"User %s not known",user);
> > stat=NOUSER;
> > }
> > if (!strcmp( crypt(pass,pwd->pw_name), pwd->pw_passwd) ) {
> > log(DEBUG|MISC,"HURRAY : %s authenticated\n", user);
> > stat = AUTHED;
> > }
> >
> > The problem is, that my passwords are encrypted in md5-format, so the
> strcmp
> > fails always. Now i did not find any usable information on how to work this
> out
> > on FreeBSD, and how to be independent from the settings in the login-conf ?
>
> > (that i dont have to check whether its using crypt,md5 or blowfish)
> >
> > The code should be running on 4.x and 5.x
> >
> > Any ideas ?
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Kai
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