pwd module vs Linux shadow passwords

[Timothy Grant]

I just faced the same issue, and so wrote my own version of the
pwd module that returned all the other relevant information in
the shadow file.

On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 12:50:37PM -0700, John W. Baxter wrote:
> Using Python 1.5.2 (and earlier) on BSDi, the pwd module's getpw...
> functions are able to retrieve the encrypted password (from
> /etc/master.passwd) if run as root.
> 
> Using Python 1.5.2 and 2.1b1 on Linux (RH 6.2), the functions do not
> similarly dig the encrypted password out of /etc/shadow.

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    tjg.

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