Re: Storing paswords encrypted in DB tables.

From: Bodo Eggert (7eggert_at_7eggegrt.dyndns.org)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:45:40 +0200

pradeep wrote:

> I was looking at PAM modules. I had another doubt.
> From my application, I get the User name and pwd from the user. Can I use
> the same and authenticate with Unix system(Solaris). Assumption is that the
> same user exists in Unix OS also.
> Is there a C API to do that?

The xlock program and kcheckpass.c from KDE will check the password.
Get one of the sources for a coding example. 

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