[thelist] webbased linux password change

Colin Mitchell colspan at jerkvision.com
Thu Mar 14 12:07:01 CST 2002


In theory, you could write a Perl script that exec'ed the passwd command.
i'd be pretty careful with it though.



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> Hey folks,
> uh, I don't know if the subject line is that clear...
>
> I am looking for a way to let clients change their passwords via a
> browser. To be precise, I want them to be able to change their email/ftp
> password without giving them shell access to the Linux box this is
> running on.
>
> Any popular scripts that do this in an easy and secure way? Perl or PHP
> would be best.
>
> TIA,
> bye Joxn
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