[plug] C programs using /etc/shadow

[Leon Brooks]

On Saturday 09 February 2002 20:01, John Breen wrote:
> Has anyone done any C programming under Linux (debian) that uses the
> /etc/shadow file?  All the info I've been able to find suggest that I
> need to use the libshadow.a shared library, but I can't seem to find
> what package contains it?

Use PAM instead if you can, shadow support comes automagically and you get 
other stuff thrown in for free.

Cheers; Leon