Re: [SQU] passwd/shadow authentication, non-PAM

You could write your own, based on the getpwnam helper but using
getspnam instead of getpwnam (see /usr/include/shadow.h)

The helper needs to be suid root to read /etc/shadow.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
Dave Wilson wrote:
> 
> Hi guys, howzit going ? ;-)
> 
> Something simple:
> 
> I need to get Squid doing authentication against /etc/passwd & /etc/shadow,
> does anyone have any ideas on how to do this ?
> 
> You see the reason is that we are running Slackware Linux, which does not
> come with PAM, so I really need to get the authentication working just
> against passwd & shadow.
> Any guidance would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> 
> Kindest regards
> David Wilson
> The S.A Internet
> 
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