note 16967 added to function.posix-getpwnam

I needed to get access to the user information to do login/validation via an SSL connection and encountered the same problem with receiving '*' in the password field. After checking the documentation on posix_getpwnam, I saw a previous solution involving coding a C program. This was a bit bulky for me so I came up with my own solution. Variations on this theme can probably be done to make the solution more programmer/reader friendly, but the way I did it accomplished the task that I needed to do. IF the information you need to get from posix_getpwnam comes from a host participating in an NIS network, you can accomplish the same thing with the following command: $autharray = split(":",ypmatch $USER passwd); (pretty long explanation for such a short solution huh?) You'll have to get at the fields by their index number ($autharray[0], $autharray[1], ...) using this method. To create an associative array that is plug-in compatible with the posix_getpwnam function, you'll probably need to use the 'list' specifier to do the assignments. I hope this helps someone. --S -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.posix-getpwnam.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+16967 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+16967 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+16967