[Tutor] How to save password ?

Hugo González Monteverde hugonz at h-lab.net
Thu Oct 14 22:27:12 CEST 2004


It's basically the same case as the password file in UNIX /etc/passwd or 
/etc/shadow. The trick is not allowing a user to modify the hashes, but 
that is done only through file permissions...


> I don't think you can do this, you can just try to hide it or perhaps
> 
> you can encrypt the password file, but if someone is determined
> enough 
> then it will be broken in addition they can just open up the script
> and 
> modify out the password authentication.
> 


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