That's it. You didn't link to any issue and the weird mistakes and justifications you're making feels like arguing with an LLM.
You obviously can't run unix_chkpwd against a local account without root.
Wrong. At least check before you say something is obvious.
> No, it's very simple.
Even more wrong: https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/778#issuecomme...
> feels like arguing with an LLM
I could say the same about you, repeatedly and confidently asserting falsehoods.
And I just removed the delay using my method. Perhaps try checking something yourself?
> You can't run unix_chkpwd against a local account without root because you won't be able to access /etc/shadow to get the hash.
unix_chkpwd can access /etc/shadow because it is suid.
> Otherwise you have to use the setuid version which won't let you run it directly.
Haha you mean this?
$ unix_chkpwd
This binary is not designed for running in this way
-- the system administrator has been informed
> Perhaps try checking something yourself?
I have. You haven't.
printf 'hunter2\0' | unix_chkpwd yourusername nullok; echo $?