uid (user authentication)

From: Janina Kramer (j.kramer_at_school-sucks.com)
Date: 07/26/04

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    hi ng,

    i want to read a username and a password, verify it and change the uid
    of the current process to the corresponding user. changing the uid by
    using setuid(..) isn't the problem (though by the way: would it be
    better to change the uid or the effective uid? - or doesn't that matter
    at all, because i will let the process terminate itself just after
    performing it's task, anyways?), but how can i get the uid of that
    specific user and verify the password? (i want to use just the same
    users that can be used at system login or for ssh and so on.)

    thanks in advance
    janina

    p.s.: language is C, of course

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