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Date:      12 Apr 98 18:50:37 +0100
From:      leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland)
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: password change via the web?!
Message-ID:  <b0a_9804121951@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>

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At 11 Apr 98 21:33:32 "Three goddesses, Venus figures" wrote regarding Re:
password change via the web?!

 >> Such a script would be very hard to make secure, because to change a
 >> password, you have to run with root's permissions.

 g> Actually, you could use a perl/expect combo to do this without
 g> running as root and without hacking the passwd code.

Something like this script in pseudolanguage?

 # call script with parameters user old_password new_password
 echo $2 | su - $1
 echo $2\n$3\n$3\n|passwd $1
 exit

expect should be able to do this.


Leif Neland
leifn@internet.dk

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