One way, that I can think of, is to use "su" (obviously it you'd have to run it as a user other than root). Like: su <someuser> -c "echo good pass" -Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of j.travis > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:45 PM > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: password confirmation > > > Is there a way to confirm a users password without actually > logging in as > the user? So that if I think that the password is > 'pass-wd-x' for user > 'xyz' I can confirm it from the command line. > > 'man passwd' and 'man pam' didn't turn up anything like this. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
