Jeff, 1- I cannot find getpwent in the documentation 2- crypt will not work if the system does not have shadow pw 3- Even as root I get "Operation not permitted" using setuid and setgid ... but I assume it is because I cannot get 1 and/or 2 to work.
Can you direct me to some link that would explain the actual procedure ? Thanks, Regards, Philippe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "login APIs" vary widely from system to system. > > Classic Unix systems use calls like getpwent and crypt to check passwords, > and then call setuid, setgid and setgroups to set the identity of the user > who is > logging in. These are all available in stock Python, check the library > reference for more details. Other login-time activities, like writing > utmp entries, may not be directly available in stock Python modules. > > Many modern Linux systems use something called 'pam' for login-related > activities, and there seems to be something called 'python-pam' out there, > but I've never used it. > > Graphical login managers have their own additional requirements, such as > starting and stopping the X server, managing the X authentication > information, etc. > > Jeff -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
