I m playing with /etc/passwd in my C program.
I want to change a user password. are there a standard linux functions that do a such functions ?
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`/etc/passwd` does not contain passwords in typical Linux distributions – fstab Oct 18 '16 at 15:30
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Many _/etc/passwd_ related questions today. Some homework or lab going on somewhere ? – Jabberwocky Oct 18 '16 at 15:30
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6Why are you asking the same question in a third time? – Eugene Sh. Oct 18 '16 at 15:32
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@MichaelWalz Likely. It's around mid-term time for semester Uni's in the US. – SnakeDoc Oct 18 '16 at 15:39
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- Method 1:
system("passwd <parameters>"); - Method 2:
*pwent()function family and also putpwent().
The question is possibly a duplicate.
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Linux stores the password in the /etc/shadow file. The second column (delimited by : character) in this file against the user name shows the hashed password.
It's best advised to not touch this file and cause harm. If you must, you can use the vipw utility for editing
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