I am developing a server application that accepts logins from a client
over a proprietary protocol.
I want to let clients login (username/password) before allowing anything
else.
I want to let them use username/password information as it is stored in
the regular system user database,
so I do not need to maintain another such database.
On Unix this would be /etc/passwd or /etc/shadoww and the associated
libraray calls.
However, on my Cygwin box, the /etc/passwd (as created by mkpasswd) does
not contain the password.
Instead the appropriate field reads unused_by_nt.
After googling along for a while I have understood that this is done so
that the real login/security
info can be maintained by the regular windows system. Fine. But how do I
get to it? I have not found
any example/explanation that answers this question:
given two const char* variables user and password, how can I find out if
this combination is a
valid login on this current Windows/Cygwin box?
This might be a pute Windows issue (as oposed to Cygwin) ... however,
with a Linux-only knowledge of system calls, I have no clue how to
approach this anyways.
-> Any hints are appreciated. Thanks a lot.
;Henning
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