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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:05:11 -0600
From: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: web-based password checking tool?
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:41:07 -0300 (ART), Fernando Gleiser
<fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> wrote:
> I have a FreeBSD box with more then 400 accounts. the users are
> non-technical, administrative kind of persons.
> 
> The box is working as a mail server, with sendmail as MTA and cyrus IMAPd,
> authenticating against the system files (/etc/master.passwd) not using
> SASL.
> 
> I need a web based tool to let the users change their passwords, since
> they don't have shell access, a web-based solution seems like the
> only way to let them do it without bothering the admins.

Usermin should do what you're wanting.  It's similar to Webmin, which
another poster recommended, but is meant for end-users rather than
admins.

/usr/ports/sysutils/usermin  

HTH,

-- 
Joshua Lokken
Open Source Advocate