| :mod:`!spwd` --- The shadow password database | |
| ============================================= | |
| .. module:: spwd | |
| :synopsis: Removed in 3.13. | |
| :deprecated: | |
| .. deprecated-removed:: 3.11 3.13 | |
| This module is no longer part of the Python standard library. | |
| It was :ref:`removed in Python 3.13 <whatsnew313-pep594>` after | |
| being deprecated in Python 3.11. The removal was decided in :pep:`594`. | |
| A possible replacement is the third-party library :pypi:`python-pam`. | |
| This library is not supported or maintained by the Python core team. | |
| The last version of Python that provided the :mod:`!spwd` module was | |
| `Python 3.12 <https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/spwd.html>`_. |