How can I querry Linux OS password?

How can I query Linux valid username and password.

For example: any user wants to enter the special area of my application.

Then I resrtict it to open security panel. This user is really valid or not valid user of this operating system. How can I do this in java code?

thanks...

[305 byte] By [hkocyigita] at [2007-10-2 21:50:23]

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# 1

Hm, does this help? http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-md5crypt/index.html

quittea at 2007-7-14 1:06:10 >

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# 2

Thank for your help,But this application doesn't work on the system that is logined with System Administrator. So I could not access the etc\shadow file. How can I change application root as admin account to access the shadow file ?do you have any idea?Thanks.

hkocyigita at 2007-7-14 1:06:10 >

# 3

in other words you want to write an application to steal user ids and passwords from other systems.Why should we help you with your attempts at computer crime?

jwentinga at 2007-7-14 1:06:10 >

# 4

Nor forcibly. The OP is maybe trying to use the OS level user authentication in the application. http://java.sun.com/products/jaas/

BIJ001a at 2007-7-14 1:06:10 >

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