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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
index 6985d78fc..4e147c502 100644
--- a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
+++ b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
@@ -584,14 +584,26 @@ user = {}
-- { "uid", "gid", "name", "passwd", "dir", "shell", "gecos" }
user.getuser = nixio.getpw
+--- Retrieve the current user password hash.
+-- @param username String containing the username to retrieve the password for
+-- @return String containing the hash or nil if no password is set.
+function user.getpasswd(username)
+ local pwe = nixio.getsp and nixio.getsp(username) or nixio.getpw(username)
+ local pwh = pwe and (pwe.pwdp or pwe.passwd)
+ if not pwh or #pwh < 1 or pwh == "!" or pwh == "x" then
+ return nil
+ else
+ return pwh
+ end
+end
+
--- Test whether given string matches the password of a given system user.
-- @param username String containing the Unix user name
-- @param pass String containing the password to compare
-- @return Boolean indicating wheather the passwords are equal
function user.checkpasswd(username, pass)
- local pwe = nixio.getsp and nixio.getsp(username) or nixio.getpw(username)
- local pwh = pwe and (pwe.pwdp or pwe.passwd)
- if not pwh or #pwh < 1 or pwh ~= "!" and nixio.crypt(pass, pwh) ~= pwh then
+ local pwh = user.getpasswd(username)
+ if not pwh or nixio.crypt(pass, pwh) ~= pwh then
return false
else
return true