[Techtalk] Verify MD5-Hashed Passwords in Perl?

Kai MacTane kmactane at GothPunk.com
Thu Sep 13 13:51:32 EST 2001


At 9/13/01 01:54 PM , jenn at simegen.com wrote:
>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...

It's not exactly "essential that it's a Perl script", but Perl is what I 
speak. How would I get a Perl script to interface with PAM? I'm willing to 
go that route, if someone can just point me in the direction of the 
relevant docs.

                                                 --Kai MacTane
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