Work around OpenWRT / Busybox shadow password quirks

diff --git a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
index 4bf294678825a5ab5aa0554b2af945fe1ffd5124..0bf92e9da4a20d734ae95cedf4911a466bcb510f 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
+++ b/libs/sys/luasrc/sys.lua
@@ -438,18 +438,18 @@ function user.checkpasswd(username, password)
 
        if account then
                local pwd = account.passwd
-               if pwd == "!" then
-                       return true
-               elseif pwd == "x" then
-                       pwd = nil
+               local shadowpw
+               if #pwd == 1 then
                        for l in io.lines("/etc/shadow") do
-                               pwd = l:match("^%s:([^:]+)" % username)
-                               if pwd then
+                               shadowpw = l:match("^%s:([^:]+)" % username)
+                               if shadowpw then
+                                       pwd = shadowpw
                                        break
                                end
                        end
-                       if not pwd then
-                               return nil, "No shadow password for " .. username
+
+                       if pwd == "!" then
+                               return true
                        end
                end