/etc/shadow
The Beach Bum
jfh at rpp386.Dallas.TX.US
Fri Nov 18 16:12:22 AEST 1988
In article <1337 at tmpmbx.UUCP>, pengo at tmpmbx.UUCP (Hans H. Huebner) writes:
> Hello,
>
> developers interested in a library which confirms to the AT&T shadow password
> file scheme as described by Dennis, send me a short note. I have hacked
> together what Dennis specified in his earlier note, but I can't guarantee
> that it works *exactly* the same way AT&T does it.
>
> If there's enough interest, I'll post the stuff to rsalz and alt.sources as
> soon as I have the manual pages finished.
I got impatient. Attached is my clone which I'll be including in the soon
to be released login clone. The routines were all very simple, I didn't
see any point in holding out ...
This was all written straight off of Dennis' article. You may do with it
as you please. So much for security by obscurity [ Thanks James ... ]
It is as simple minded as possible, your suggestions, as always, are
more than welcome.
- John.
--
#! /bin/sh
# This is a shell archive, meaning:
# 1. Remove everything above the #! /bin/sh line.
# 2. Save the resulting text in a file.
# 3. Execute the file with /bin/sh (not csh) to create:
# shadow.c
# shadow.h
# This archive created: Fri Nov 18 00:07:19 1988
export PATH; PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
if test -f 'shadow.c'
then
echo shar: "will not over-write existing file 'shadow.c'"
else
cat << \SHAR_EOF > 'shadow.c'
#include "shadow.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
static FILE *shadow;
void setspent ()
{
if (shadow)
rewind (shadow);
else
shadow = fopen (SHADOW, "r");
}
void endspent ()
{
if (shadow)
fclose (shadow);
}
struct spwd *fgetspent (fp)
FILE *fp;
{
static struct spwd spwd;
static char name[32];
static char pass[32];
char buf[BUFSIZ];
char *cp;
int atoi ();
long atol ();
if (! fp)
return (0);
if (fgets (buf, BUFSIZ, fp) == (char *) 0)
return (0);
if ((cp = strtok (buf, ":")) && *cp)
strcpy (name, cp);
else
return (0);
if ((cp = strtok ((char *) 0, ":")) && *cp)
strcpy (pass, cp);
else
return (0);
if ((cp = strtok ((char *) 0, ":")) && *cp)
spwd.sp_lstchg = atol (cp);
else
return (0);
if ((cp = strtok ((char *) 0, ":")) && *cp)
spwd.sp_min = atoi (cp);
else
return (0);
if ((cp = strtok ((char *) 0, ":")) && *cp)
spwd.sp_max = atoi (cp);
else
return (0);
spwd.sp_namp = name;
spwd.sp_pwdp = pass;
return (&spwd);
}
struct spwd *getspent ()
{
return (fgetspent (shadow));
}
struct spwd *getspnam (name)
char *name;
{
struct spwd *spwd;
setspent ();
while ((spwd = getspent ()) != (struct spwd *) 0) {
if (strcmp (name, spwd->sp_namp) == 0)
return (spwd);
}
return (0);
}
int putspent (spwd, fp)
struct spwd *spwd;
FILE *fp;
{
if (! fp)
return (0);
return (fprintf (fp, "%s:%s:%ld:%d:%d\n",
spwd->sp_namp, spwd->sp_pwdp,
spwd->sp_lstchg, spwd->sp_min, spwd->sp_max) > 0);
}
SHAR_EOF
fi
if test -f 'shadow.h'
then
echo shar: "will not over-write existing file 'shadow.h'"
else
cat << \SHAR_EOF > 'shadow.h'
/*
* This information is not derived from AT&T licensed sources. Posted
* to the USENET 11/88.
*/
/*
* Shadow password security file structure.
*/
struct spwd {
char *sp_namp; /* login name */
char *sp_pwdp; /* encrypted password */
long sp_lstchg; /* date of last change */
int sp_max; /* maximum number of days between changes */
int sp_min; /* minimum number of days between changes */
};
/*
* Shadow password security file functions.
*/
struct spwd *getspent ();
struct spwd *getspnam ();
void setspent ();
void endspent ();
struct spwd *fgetspent ();
int putspent ();
#define SHADOW "/etc/shadow"
SHAR_EOF
fi
exit 0
# End of shell archive
--
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