From: Steven Barth <steven@midlink.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:12:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Work around OpenWRT / Busybox shadow password quirks
X-Git-Tag: 0.9.0~1184
X-Git-Url: https://git.archive.openwrt.org/?p=project%2Fluci.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=8138c8475d9573b834ca8dcba1b8f37647d61212

Work around OpenWRT / Busybox shadow password quirks
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diff --git a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
index 4bf294678..0bf92e9da 100644
--- a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
+++ b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
@@ -438,18 +438,18 @@ function user.checkpasswd(username, password)
 
 	if account then
 		local pwd = account.passwd
-		if pwd == "!" then
-			return true
-		elseif pwd == "x" then
-			pwd = nil
+		local shadowpw
+		if #pwd == 1 then
 			for l in io.lines("/etc/shadow") do
-				pwd = l:match("^%s:([^:]+)" % username)
-				if pwd then
+				shadowpw = l:match("^%s:([^:]+)" % username)
+				if shadowpw then
+					pwd = shadowpw
 					break
 				end
 			end
-			if not pwd then
-				return nil, "No shadow password for " .. username
+
+			if pwd == "!" then
+				return true
 			end
 		end