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
