On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> hi. when you say system calls, does that mean system("somecommandhere"); ???
> if you do...i dunno of any native command or utility that changes the
> password
> from a parameter. if u look at the passwd command, it's interactive. i
> suppose
> you can program "expect-like" here. else, you can go straight to the
> password or
> shadow file and insert the encrypted passwd using crypt in perl. problem is,
> if your system uses MD5. at this point...i'm at a loss na.
there is an MD5 module for perl that can do this.
>
>
> vince.
>
>
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> > Do you know any resources where i can learn how to change user
> > passwords of
> > Linux on the web using perl?
>
> i don't know any resources for cgi-perl programming but i wonder
> can't u use system calls in perl to do this? i think its possible to do
> change user password that way but im not that sure.
> just correct me if im wrong.
>
> btw, congrats to the new officers of plug. sayang i wasn't able to
> attend that meeting because i had to attend another function at
> another building.
>
> more power to PLUG!!!
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>
> -=jean=-
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