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validate unix login through PHP?


raydawg

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I have a web app running on a linux machine and basically what I want to do is when the users login, I want that validated against the unix account for validation instead of having a database or hardcoded info.  I want to eliminate the need for a database as much as possible as that is not the scope for this machine.  Having a webserver is already pushing it but this app is needed.

 

anyways su doesn't take input from stdin so I can't use that.  I tried using crypt to encrypt the user password to match that up to /etc/shadow but I don't know the salt that was used to create those passwords so that was a no go.

 

anyone have any idea on what I can use to accomplish this?

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