From: Roman Hausner Date: 2006-11-08T07:40:12+09:00 Subject: Re: Linux authentification check? Wilson Bilkovich wrote: > On 11/7/06, Roman Hausner wrote: >> > Are you saying that PAM isn't installed on your Linux box? > If it is, you should use it. /etc/passwd is definitely not the last > word in login authentication. Be careful about your assumptions, or > else the guy with the smartcard won't be able to use your Ruby > program. The linux machine is not under my control. I am just the one who writes that server program. As it turns out, it already would be sufficient if I could do the same that the "crypt" function achieves under perl. Perl does have this as part of the core language -- how can I access this function in ruby? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.