FreeBSD auth

[Igor Robul]

Dan Toganel wrote:

>........................................
>I realize that in FreeBSD master.passwd is the
>replacement for linux shadow file.
>Is there a function to parse it?
>And how can i obtain the hash string?
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>  
>
It is not recommended directly use /etc/passwd, you your program need 
authentification, then use
PAM (man 3 pam). If you still want ignore PAM, you can use getpwent(3) 
family of functions.