passwd-linux

Node.js module for checking and changing Linux user and password

Installation

$  npm install passwd-linux

Features

* Check if user exist.
* Check if password is correct.
* Change password if user exist.

Usage

Check if user exist

passwd.userExist(username, function (err, response) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        if (response) {
            console.log('User exist');
        } else {
            console.log('Unknown user');
 
        }
    }
});
 

Check if password is correct

passwd.checkPassword(username, password, function (err, response) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        if (response) {
            console.log('Password correct');
        } else {
            console.log('Password is not correct');
        }
    }
});

Change password if user exist

passwd.changePassword(username, password, function (err, response) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        if (response) {
            console.log('Password successfully changed');
        } else {
            console.log('Error changing password');
        }
    }
}, 6);
 

Release History

Version	Status	Functionality
1.0.0	released	Initial release
1.0.1	released	Bug fixes
1.0.2	released	Bug fixes
1.0.3	released	Bug fixes
1.0.4	released	Bug fixes
1.1.0	released	Added checkUser and changePassNV methods
1.2.0	released	Added checkPassMD5 method
1.2.1	released	Bug fixes for: changePassNV and checkUser
1.2.2	released	Bug fixes for: changePass
1.2.3	released	Added support for MD5 to the change password method
1.2.4	released	Bug fixes
1.2.5	released	Bug fixes
1.3.0	released	Combine checkPassMD5 and checkPassSHA512 to single method: checkPass
1.3.1	released	Bug fixes: Now changePass and checkPass return unknownUser
2.0.0	released	Rewrite all methods to satisfy 2 open issues

Todo

• Change method checkPassMD5 from OpenSSL check (using ("child_process").exec) to javascript.

License

MIT