Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:16:02 -0400 From: Mark Frank <mark@mark-and-erika.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Detaching program from controlling terminal Message-ID: <20040615131601.GA32001@millerlite.local.mark-and-erika.com> In-Reply-To: <40CE8CB9.9050504@synthexp.net> References: <40CE8CB9.9050504@synthexp.net>
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* 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
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