Node.js module for checking and changing Linux user and password
npm install passwd-linuxbash
$ npm install passwd-linux
`
Features
* Check if user exist.
* Check if password is correct.
* Change password if user exist.
Usage
Check if user exist
`js
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
`js
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
`js
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);``|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|
* Change method checkPassMD5 from OpenSSL check (using ("child_process").exec) to javascript.