Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:03:54 +0000 From: Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Verify user password Message-ID: <091dca7e-28ab-eab0-7265-d0439a732d86@gjunka.com> In-Reply-To: <0567033d-fa75-06b2-5629-448fdc507242@qeng-ho.org> References: <af84bcef-ceff-4d7f-b012-3ef06e0ed5ec@gjunka.com> <0567033d-fa75-06b2-5629-448fdc507242@qeng-ho.org>
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On 15/08/2020 13:31, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 15/08/2020 13:39, Grzegorz Junka wrote: >> How can I verify if a given password matches the password stored in >> master.passwd database for a user account that is set up with >> /nonexistent and /usr/sbin/nologin (so a user that can't normally login >> to the system but still can have a password stored in the database)? > nologin doesn't stop you logging in, it merely says the account isn't > available and boots you out afterwards, so you should be able to check > the password by trying to log in. I don't think the non-existent home > directory affects that, OK, how can I login with that user then? "su" that user returns "This account is currently not available". "login" that user says "Not a login shell.". The user is configured inside a jail and there is no sshd running.
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