On 21/05/2019 12.19, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > I find this one useful and would be a bit sad to see it go. FWIW I use it in > pyftpdlib and I suppose there are other apps out there relying on UNIX > password db for authentication. The fact that it’s a C module is also an > incentive to leave it in the stdlib IMO (pure python modules can easily be > copied in the project instead of retrieving them from PYPI as a third party > dep - e.g. this is how I am likely going to replace asyncore/asynchat).
If you use the spwd module for authentication, then you have a major security problem in your application. You must use the PAM stack to authenticate access to a service. Christian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
