Re: [MacPerl] Checking user-id's and paswords

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 10.56 7/10/97, Strider wrote:
>>Is it possible from within MacPerl to check a supplied
>>username/password against the users setup in 'Users and Groups'?

>I know a very good (and difficult) way to do it:
>
>Write the crypt() routine in Javascript or Java, and have it submit an
>encrypted password to be decrypted with perl's crypt() routine, or
>
>Use a DES routine (similarly constructed) and then use DES.pl to get the
>password back out.

But none of those will give access to the user name/password used in the
MacOS Users & Groups settings.

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