[Techtalk] Verify MD5-Hashed Passwords in Perl?

[jenn at simegen.com]

Kai MacTane wrote:

> Hello. I need to get a Perl script to take in a username and password, 
> read /etc/shadow (which is storing the passwords as MD5 hashes, rather 
> than crypted), and verify that the user's password actually does match.

If it's not essential that it's a Perl script, why not consider making
your script work with the relevent PAM modules instead? PAM handles
/etc/shadow and md5 hashes...



Jenn V.
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