From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 13 00:22:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA22096 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:22:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA22049 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:22:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id JAA18460 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:19:34 +0200 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA01876; 13 Apr 98 09:17:22 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 12 Apr 98 20:58:05 +0100 Subject: Re: password change via the web?! Message-ID: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12 Apr 98 18:45:06 Niall Smart wrote regarding Re: password change via the web?! NS> Really? I hope not :) Another option would be to make it a NS> suid root shell script BUT with only the web server having NS> execute permission through supplementary groups. No need to suid to root, just suid to the user you want to change password for. To do that, you need the password for the user. Leif Neland leifn@internet.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message