Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:39:38 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org> Cc: Ernie Elu <ernie@spooky.eis.net.au>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password change via Web page Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970131123849.263N-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970130180648.22304A-100000@cold.org>
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > > Does anyone know of a method whereby a user can change his or her password > > via a web page just using netscape or any other common browser? > > There are many, none of which you want to do because of extreme security > problems (basically the CGI would hav to run as root, plus you would want > to run it under an SSL server). > > BUT, if you insist upon this unsecure method, just have a cgi script > running as root which calls 'passwd' with the correct username and > password. Course, piping into passwd may be hard, use perl, or write your > own 'passwd' program.. Probably easiest thing to do is to hack poppassd so that it understands an http request. Danny
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