From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 13:16:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BAC516A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:16:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sjc.ihostsxode.net (sjc.ihostsxode.net [129.41.16.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAB3F43D1D for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:16:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com ([151.205.245.38]) by sjc.ihostsxode.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5FDG4rg008538 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:16:07 -0600 (MDT) Received: from millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) id i5FDG3CK022884 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:16:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Received: (from mfrank@localhost)i5FDG2Wp022883 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:16:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark@mark-and-erika.com) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:16:02 -0400 From: Mark Frank To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040615131601.GA32001@millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <40CE8CB9.9050504@synthexp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40CE8CB9.9050504@synthexp.net> X-Certified: Outgoing email is certified Windows Free. X-Unexpected-Header: The Spanish Inquisition X-System: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p8 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: Detaching program from controlling terminal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:16:51 -0000 * On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 01:44:25PM +0800 Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm somehow stuck in the loop now and am hoping some of you can give me > pointers on how to proceed. Due to a customer requirement, I need to > build a simple web-based (via cgi or php) script to change the system > password. They found that sshing to the server and typing passwd to > change the password is wee too involving hence the need to use a much > friendlier interface. Letting the sysadmins change the user's password > is not a good idea, as the sysadmins are outsourced and the users value > their privacy. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here but what privacy do they think they are protecting since the sysadmins have root already? -- Mark Frank "The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green