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Old 02-28-2007
Question Script for Reading a Password file
How do I Authenticate users with a Password file that I have build using PWP - Password Privacy

Password file contents are as under
bash-2.03$ cat passwd.cf
janes hostname Q+BejYC7AxGVv21TiAiUYQ== user janes /tmp/pwp_access.cf

Now two things I need from a script

If the user exists in passwd.cf file then authenticate from there or else use NIS+ for authentication :

Can you help ?
# 2  
Old 03-01-2007
this Perl script may help you:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

my $username  = shift  or  die "Insufficient arguement: username missing";
my $pass_file = "passwd.cf";
my @grep_output =`grep " $username " $pass_file`;

if ($#grep_output < 0) {
# user exists in password file
# so authenticate from there
}
else {
# user does not exist in password file
# so use NIS+ for authentication
    print "got something \n";
}

# 3  
Old 03-07-2007
Thanks Yogesh
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