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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Using "getpwent" in SYSV/386
Keywords: C getpwent
Message-ID: <11633@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 17 Nov 89 18:48:28 GMT
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References: <785@ctdi.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
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Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <785@ctdi.UUCP> mikei@ctdi.UUCP (Mike Israel) writes:
-This particular version of Unix stores encrypted passwords
-in a file called /etc/shadow.  The standard /etc/password field
-for the encrypted password simply contains an 'x'.  Using
-"getpwent" simply retrieves this 'x'.
-Is there an existing function to access the encrypted password?

NO, that's the whole point of having /etc/shadow.