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Basic Authentication with Tomcat and /etc/passwd file

843811Sep 8 2006 — edited Sep 8 2006
I 'm developing a web application with struts and tomcat. I have to autheticate my users's passwords with /etc/passwd file. I want to use realm(from tomcat) but I don't no which algorithm is used to codify passwords in /etc/passwd file. Please, help me. Thanks!
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