Description:
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You guys should add an PAM auth function for sessions. Maybe a  NT one too.

There is no simple way of doing authentication using the already registered linux users. I am in charge of an intranet and sessions would be INTEGRAL if you could authenticate and obtain user info via a function

Reproduce code:
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<?php

$user = array( pam_auth($_POST[user],$_POST[passwd]) );

if (!$user)
{
    sent_to_damnation();
}
else
{
    giveem_the_session($user[user],$user[name],$user[uid],$user[gid],$user[home]
}

?>

Expected result:
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$user = array(
    [user] = 'renich'
    [name] = 'Renich Bon Ciric'
    [uid] = '500'
    [gid] = '500'
    [home] = '/home/renich'
    [shell] = '/bin/bash'
)

Something like that?

Actual result:
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No function actully