Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:39:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Don Rose <mythias@cdsnet.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Checkpassword from the command line Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906041039310.12183-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906021530590.21710-100000@mythias.office.cdsnet.net>
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Don Rose wrote: > I am having quite a bit of trouble trying to use qmail's checkpassword > from the command line. I am using it in a perl script that needs to > verify user's passwords, but doesn't have root access. My sysadmin has > said that checkpassword is what I need to use but for the life of me I > haven't figured it out. On qmail's homepage, it says : > > Mark Delany has a clever way to test your checkpassword with a bit of > command line re-direction. For example, with username fred, password > bloggs, > > printf "fred\0bloggs\0Y123456\0" | /bin/checkpassword /bin/id 3<&0 > > will execute /bin/id if the password is right. > > > When I try to use that method, it tells me "Missing name for redirect". > Why? Try it under /bin/sh. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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