[Full-disclosure] password plugin for linux?

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:11:24 CDT, ". /" said:

> naive question - but you know how i can load password plugins in window's to
> capture password changes in the clear. is there any way to achieve the same
> in linux? atm all i can think of (naively as i said) is to monitor the
> shadow file or whatever and then <insert fav technique here> to open the
> hash. but i am really trying to achieve a near realtime understanding of
> password changes on the system side, so i can sync them out to apps or
> systems or whatever.

Modifying pam_cracklib to do what you want is probably a good place to start.

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