Why bother having them go through the hassle of loading an applet which might not work ( not that Ive ever seen it not work ).
If they are using mindterm, then they are already in a browser, which means you might as well just have them use a form via ssl to change their password via poppassd. On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, martin f krafft wrote: > i need to provide a way for my users to change their password on my > machines. however, most of them are too stupid for the console. so i > played with poppassd, and it might end up being my option, but today i > had another idea. so without having given it much though, i'll ask you: > > what would speak against setting the user's login shell to > /usr/bin/passwd? it's SSH2-only, and with MindTerm as a java applet, i > could even ask them to connect, login with their password, type their > password again, then specify the new one twice. that shouldn't be a > problem, right? or is it absolutely bad in terms of security? > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck > > friends help you move. real friends help you move bodies. > Todays root password is brought to you by /dev/random .-------------------------------------. | Steve Mickeler * Network Operations | +-------------------------------------+ | Neptune Internet Services | `-------------------------------------' 1024D/ACB58D4F = 0227 164B D680 9E13 9168 AE28 843F 57D7 ACB5 8D4F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
