From e31bddea19a4993f10b5c505ee9a54ff991a23ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: url <url@wopr.ltd>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:14:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add password checker - lesson 01

---
 .../01-password-checker/password_checker.py   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 learning/01-password-checker/password_checker.py

diff --git a/learning/01-password-checker/password_checker.py b/learning/01-password-checker/password_checker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..606271e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/learning/01-password-checker/password_checker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import random
+import getpass
+def check_password(user_input, correct_password):
+    return user_input == correct_password
+failure_messages = [
+    "CIA farm boys alerted",
+    "NSA coordinating with NORAD",
+    "UNSC notified of impending domestic launch",
+    "Thermonuclear war initiated",
+    "Rerouting through the Pentagon",
+]
+max_attempts = 5
+attempts = 0
+while attempts < max_attempts:
+    user_input = getpass.getpass("Enter password: ")
+    if check_password(user_input, "joshua"):
+        print("Access granted!")
+        break
+    else:
+        attempts += 1
+        print(f"Attempt {attempts} of {max_attempts}: {random.choice(failure_messages)}")
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