# Users/Groups Managment

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-groups-managment/109447>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 15, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-groups-managment/109447 "2007-07-15T01:51:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rawn027)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-groups-managment/109447/1 "2007-07-15T01:51:43Z")

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Is there an effective way to use the non-privileged users on a system  
account to use as authentication?

For instance I want to build a internal web application that uses the  
information from the passwd and shadow file for user information and  
groups for group information. If that information could already be  
filled that would save a lot of time.

This application will handle the configuration and setup of a  
jumpstart server on solaris.

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**Author:** ![rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rawn027)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 9:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/users-groups-managment/109447/2 "2007-07-15T09:01:09Z")

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On 7/14/07, Ron [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is there an effective way to use the non-privileged users on a system  
> account to use as authentication?
> 
> For instance I want to build a internal web application that uses the  
> information from the passwd and shadow file for user information and  
> groups for group information. If that information could already be  
> filled that would save a lot of time.

There is a ruby PAM module, but have no idea if it will compile  
against solaris pam libraries, they are probably different then the  
linux ones.

Chris