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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:01:08 -0500
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <pierre DOT humblet AT ieee DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Paasword validation in Windows Domain ?
Message-ID: <20030113150107.GA389283@WORLDNET>
References: <OF0E8587E0 DOT DB26B3D6-ON41256CAD DOT 0035481E-C1256CAD DOT 0035A775 AT diamond DOT philips DOT com>
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:45:14AM +0100, jurgen DOT defurne AT philips DOT com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to know if it is possible using the Cygwin tools
> to validate a user/password against the domain
> a computer is in.

Yes, that's exactly what happens when you telnet or ssh,
providing a password.

Cygwin provides a function: 
cygwin_logon_user (user_pwd_entry, cleartext_password); 
See http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#NTSEC-SETUID
As indicated before, the user needs to be in passwd.

Pierre

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