X-Git-Url: http://git.openwrt.org/?p=project%2Fluci.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=libs%2Fcore%2Fluasrc%2Fsys.lua;h=17caa782412a326f6626543efc7bd47a7264b202;hp=0399d0e5f0a972fb362e6a75136673dec179ba25;hb=eae0e447989a1a37ce6cb8df9f1f353738aab4f6;hpb=d35a620e9f5665a94967f4bd02c93581a1dd7e00

diff --git a/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua b/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
index 0399d0e5f0..17caa78241 100644
--- a/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
+++ b/libs/core/luasrc/sys.lua
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ function flash(image, kpattern)
 	return os.execute(cmd)
 end
 
+-- Returns the enivornment
+getenv = posix.getenv
+
 -- Returns the hostname
 function hostname()
 	return io.lines("/proc/sys/kernel/hostname")()
@@ -263,6 +266,14 @@ end
 user = {}
 -- returns user information to a given uid
 user.getuser = posix.getpasswd
+
+-- checks whether a string matches the password of a certain system user
+function user.checkpasswd(user, password)
+	local account = user.getuser(user)
+	if posix.crypt and account then
+		return (account.passwd == posix.crypt(account.passwd, password))
+	end
+end
 	
 -- Changes the user password of given user
 function user.setpasswd(user, pwd)
@@ -368,4 +379,4 @@ function _parse_mixed_record(cnt)
 	end
 		
     return data
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end