>> 1) Validate that the password is correct for that user *without
>> actually logging in*.
>>
Kanenas> The 'pwd' module probably won't be able (and won't try) to read
Kanenas> the shadow password file, so 'pwd' won't be of use. Note that an spwd module was recently added to Python's CVS repository. I imagine it will be in 2.5. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
