#include <string.h> int strcmp(const char *s1, const char *s2);
The strcmp() function shall compare the string pointed to by s1 to the string pointed to by s2.
The sign of a non-zero return value shall be determined by the sign of the difference between the values of the first pair of bytes (both interpreted as type unsigned char) that differ in the strings being compared.
The following sections are informative.
The following example compares the information read from standard input to the value of the name of the user entry. If the strcmp() function returns 0 (indicating a match), a further check will be made to see if the user entered the proper old password. The crypt() function shall encrypt the old password entered by the user, using the value of the encrypted password in the passwd structure as the salt. If this value matches the value of the encrypted passwd in the structure, the entered password oldpasswd is the correct user's password. Finally, the program encrypts the new password so that it can store the information in the passwd structure.
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
...
int valid_change;
struct passwd *p;
char user[100];
char oldpasswd[100];
char newpasswd[100];
char savepasswd[100];
...
if (strcmp(p->pw_name, user) == 0) {
if (strcmp(p->pw_passwd, crypt(oldpasswd, p->pw_passwd)) == 0) {
strcpy(savepasswd, crypt(newpasswd, user));
p->pw_passwd = savepasswd;
valid_change = 1;
}
else {
fprintf(stderr, "Old password is not valid\n");
}
}
...
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <string.h>
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