htpasswd and CF

[Rob Patrick]

Title:

I'm hoping somebody out there can help:

I'm looking to take an existing .htpasswd file, read it in to a list, pull
out a user's name and hashed/encrypted password, and compare it with the
user's plaintext password from a login form submission, replacing the web
server's basic auth mechanism with an application.cfm based method. I need
to do this to allow a smooth transition for my existing users on the site
that are currently setup with .htpasswd accounts.

Is there any way in CF I can take a plaintext password, run the Unix crypt
function on it, and get a value equal to what is stored in an .htpasswd
file?

Thanks for your help,
-Rob Patrick