shadow

Documentation

Overview

shadow package implements utilities for parsing and using shadow password database on Unix systems.

Index

• Variables
• func New(modName, instName string, _, inlineArgs []string) (module.Module, error)
• type Auth
  • func (a *Auth) AuthPlain(username, password string) error
  • func (a *Auth) Init(cfg *config.Map) error
  • func (a *Auth) InstanceName() string
  • func (a *Auth) Name() string
• type Entry
  • func Lookup(name string) (*Entry, error)
  • func Read() ([]Entry, error)
  • func (e *Entry) IsAccountValid() bool
  • func (e *Entry) IsPasswordValid() bool
  • func (e *Entry) VerifyPassword(pass string) (err error)

Variables

var ErrNoSuchUser = errors.New("shadow: user entry is not present in database")

var ErrWrongPassword = errors.New("shadow: wrong password")

Functions

func New

func New(modName, instName string, _, inlineArgs []string) (module.Module, error)

Types

type Auth

type Auth struct {
	Log log.Logger
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

func (*Auth) AuthPlain

func (a *Auth) AuthPlain(username, password string) error

func (*Auth) Init

func (a *Auth) Init(cfg *config.Map) error

func (*Auth) InstanceName

func (a *Auth) InstanceName() string

func (*Auth) Name

func (a *Auth) Name() string

type Entry

type Entry struct {
	// User login name.
	Name string

	// Hashed user password.
	Pass string

	// Days since Jan 1, 1970 password was last changed.
	LastChange int

	// The number of days the user will have to wait before she will be allowed to
	// change her password again.
	//
	// -1 if password aging is disabled.
	MinPassAge int

	// The number of days after which the user will have to change her password.
	//
	// -1 is password aging is disabled.
	MaxPassAge int

	// The number of days before a password is going to expire (see the maximum
	// password age above) during which the user should be warned.
	//
	// -1 is password aging is disabled.
	WarnPeriod int

	// The number of days after a password has expired (see the maximum
	// password age above) during which the password should still be accepted.
	//
	// -1 is password aging is disabled.
	InactivityPeriod int

	// The date of expiration of the account, expressed as the number of days
	// since Jan 1, 1970.
	//
	// -1 is account never expires.
	AcctExpiry int

	// Unused now.
	Flags int
}

func Lookup

func Lookup(name string) (*Entry, error)

func Read

func Read() ([]Entry, error)

Read reads system shadow passwords database and returns all entires in it.

func (*Entry) IsAccountValid

func (e *Entry) IsAccountValid() bool

func (*Entry) IsPasswordValid

func (e *Entry) IsPasswordValid() bool

func (*Entry) VerifyPassword

func (e *Entry) VerifyPassword(pass string) (err error)