user authentication via /etc/passwd|/etc/shadow

[Marco Herrn]

Hi,

I want to write a program where I authenticate users via the standard
unix system accounts. I didn't find a module providing this
functionality. Is there such a module available? If not, how can I
achieve this?

Marco

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