User's system password

Jacko123 · 06-03-2007, 11:00 PM

Hi guys,
How do I access system( windows/ linux ) user's password??? After the user has logged in, I want to access user's system password and SET that password to my application's textEdit.

I dont want to modify the password but just access it and SET it appropriately.

Is there any function??? The solution has to be portable...

Thanks

vedanu · 06-04-2007, 12:09 AM

Can any one have the answer i have the same request as the above...

chrism01 · 06-05-2007, 12:04 AM

I think we need to know why you want to do this ...

vedanu · 06-05-2007, 12:37 AM

I am encrypting some files in my application and I am using password protected encryption algorithm and the password used to encrypt the file has to be the system password.

So i need the get the system password.

chrism01 · 06-05-2007, 01:52 AM

Well, you'll need to ask the user, because (on Unix anyway), the password is stored encrypted using a one-way/asymmetric system ie it's not supposed to be recoverable.
(The system logs you in by encrypting the user's response and comparing the encrypted version to the stored one)

nc3b · 06-05-2007, 09:07 AM

Note that not only is chrism01 right, his solution is also highly portable! (

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