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The pam_pwauth_suid authentication module uses a setuid program
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to verify a password against the encrypted password in the
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database used by the system. This way, an unprivileged user can
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verify his own passsword stored in a shadow password database.
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There might be some risk that the communication between the
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invoking program and the setuid program is logged, or for abuse
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for dictionary attacks.
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