: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.