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<span id="spwd-the-shadow-password-database"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-spwd" title="spwd: The shadow password database (getspnam() and friends). (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">spwd</span></code></a> — The shadow password database<a class="headerlink" href="#module-spwd" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>This module provides access to the Unix shadow password database. It is
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<p>You must have enough privileges to access the shadow password database (this
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usually means you have to be root).</p>
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<p>Shadow password database entries are reported as a tuple-like object, whose
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attributes correspond to the members of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">spwd</span></code> structure (Attribute field
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p>0</p></td>
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_namp</span></code></p></td>
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<td><p>Login name</p></td>
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_pwdp</span></code></p></td>
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<td><p>Encrypted password</p></td>
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_lstchg</span></code></p></td>
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_min</span></code></p></td>
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<td><p>Minimal number of days between
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_max</span></code></p></td>
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_warn</span></code></p></td>
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expires to warn user about it</p></td>
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_inact</span></code></p></td>
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<td><p>Number of days after password
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expires until account is
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_expire</span></code></p></td>
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<td><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sp_flag</span></code></p></td>
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<p>The sp_namp and sp_pwdp items are strings, all others are integers.
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<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a> is raised if the entry asked for cannot be found.</p>
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<code class="descclassname">spwd.</code><code class="descname">getspnam</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>name</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#spwd.getspnam" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Return the shadow password database entry for the given user name.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Raises a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#PermissionError" title="PermissionError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PermissionError</span></code></a> instead of <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a> if the user
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<code class="descclassname">spwd.</code><code class="descname">getspall</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#spwd.getspall" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Return a list of all available shadow password database entries, in arbitrary
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<dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="pwd.html#module-pwd" title="pwd: The password database (getpwnam() and friends). (Unix)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pwd</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>An interface to the normal password database, similar to this.</p>
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