"Mr CW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My appologies and thank you for pointing out my error. I have been > walking the source tree trying to find out how different programs > work and, I'll admit, passwd is one of the first few programs. I > had believed that pam_get_authtok.c was tied into passwd through the > many different includes in the program tree. Specifically, I want > to learn how passwd works from the point where it prompts for the > password, where it actually receives the input, how it passes the > password off for encryption, and when it finally obtains the > encrypted value.
It uses PAM. Start by reading the following: <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/pam/> > The lower portion of ...get_authtok.c appeared to me where this > happens, when the response is stored in &resp, retyped into &resp2 > to ensure the two are the same, then sent to pam_set_item() for > encryption (?). No, pam_set_item() merely stores the password in the PAM context. > The way I am reading it, &resp points to the unencrypted password > string, but I could be wrong. That is correct. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
