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-rw-r--r--libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
index 6d03f59db..80d702b94 100644
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ end
user = {}
-- returns user information to a given uid
user.getuser = posix.getpasswd
+
+-- checks whether a string matches the password of a certain system user
+function user.checkpasswd(user, password)
+ local account = user.getuser(user)
+ if posix.crypt and account then
+ return (account.passwd == posix.crypt(account.passwd, password))
+ end
+end
-- Changes the user password of given user
function user.setpasswd(user, pwd)