Elizabeth Garcia wrote:
>
> hello,
> can someone help me..... i've been task to
> maintain a linux server with web and mail. so far i've
> been able to understand mail services but now i must
> be able to have an online change of email password..
> can someone help me out or just give ideas on how to
> do this task..... thanks...
>
You could make everyone's shell /usr/bin/passwd. Only give root's inner
circle shell accounts. That way, anyone telnetting into the server
would get the passwd program and can change their password that way. I
remember there was a poppassd program that allowed one to change
passwords across the network, but I've never been able to properly
configure it (this is probably the best solution if you can find it, as
it allows users to change their passwords from a mail client like
Eudora). Alternatively, since you're running a web server on the Linux
box anyway, you could write a simple CGI script that would allow users
to change their passwords from the web page, but that's probably not a
good idea security-wise.
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