Authenticate Users with BASH Script and AWK We know that on Linux systems the user’s password is stored in the /etc/shadow file usually. At least for local accounts, we can always query the shadow database and lookup users in a directory backend like AD or openLDAP. We will start the process to authenticate users with […]
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Filtering with AWK
AWK is a really powerful tool and fits in as the “Daddy” when compared with grep and sed. Each tool has its own specific purpose and we will still use tools like grep often because they are appropriate. However, when you need to bring in the big guns then this is where AWK is your […]