pam

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PAM

Check a user/password combination using PAM.

You need to install the development PAM headers, specificially <security/pam_appl.h> and <security/pam_misc.h>.

Example

package main

import (
	"github.com/moolen/glitchlock/pam"
)

func main() {
    if pam.AuthenticateCurrentUser("1234") {
        fmt.Println("password matches")
    }else{
        fmt.Println("wrong password")
    }
    if pam.Authenticate("my-user", "1234") {
        fmt.Println("password matches")
    }else{
        fmt.Println("wrong password")
    }
}

Documentation

Index

• func Authenticate(user, password string) bool
• func AuthenticateCurrentUser(password string) bool

Functions

func Authenticate

func Authenticate(user, password string) bool

Authenticate checks a user, password combination

func AuthenticateCurrentUser

func AuthenticateCurrentUser(password string) bool

AuthenticateCurrentUser checks the specified password