Re: How to validate passwords without storing them anywhere. -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: How to validate passwords without storing them anywhere.
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:39:55 -0700
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I'm a bit confused here:

If the user and password are for system users, why not simply ask the OS whether the user-ID and password are valid?

Is this, rather, for, say, users of some web site or portal, unknown to the OS?

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JHHL

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