RE: [PHP] Re: Can I authenicate user with the accounts in passwd and shadow??

I suggest mod_auth_pam if you're running PAM on your Unix box, You could find information about it from http://pam.sourceforge.net/mod_auth_pam/. After HTTP authentification (BASIC), the $PHP_AUTH_USER must be set. I don't know if a PAM module exist for PHP . Regards, Sebastien > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Paul A. Procacci [mailto:paul79@optonline.net] > Envoye : mardi 5 mars 2002 00:53 > A : php-general@lists.php.net > Objet : [PHP] Re: Can I authenicate user with the accounts in passwd and > shadow?? > > > It's easiest to do this using apache, and not php. It's called > mod_auth_pwcheck. You can find information from > http://www.chel.com.ru/~anton/projects/mod_auth_pwcheck/. Hope > this helps. > > Paul > > Zenith wrote: > > >I know that, I can use HTTP, or just normal HTML to prompt for user id > >and password. > >And check against the plain text, encrypted text or Database for the user > >account. > > > >But I wonder if I can check the user account against with the > >/etc/passwd, i.e. use the system accounts. > > > >For example, in the system, I am account 'snoopy', and password > >'isadog'. > >In PHP, I prompt for the account, and if the user enters snoopy:isadog, > >can I verify this from the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow??? > > > >Zenith > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >