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How do I check unix password?
import pwd, crypt
def login(user, password):
"Check if user would be able to login using password"
try:
pw1 = pwd.getpwnam(user)[1]
pw2 = crypt.crypt(password, pw1[:2])
return pw1 == pw2
except KeyError:
return 0 # no such user
user = raw_input("username:")
password = raw_input("password:")
if login(user, password):
print "welcome", user
else:
print "login failed"