allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread martin f krafft
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

Re: allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously martin f krafft wrote: what would speak against setting the user's login shell to /usr/bin/passwd? Nothing, works just fine. It might be a bit confusing for users though since they will have to enter their original password twice as well. Wichert. --

Re: allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread Bryan Andersen
Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously martin f krafft wrote: what would speak against setting the user's login shell to /usr/bin/passwd? Nothing, works just fine. It might be a bit confusing for users though since they will have to enter their original password twice as well. You may

Re: allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread Steve Mickeler
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.

Re: allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Steve Mickeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.01.18.0010 +0100]: 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. yes, but did you see my recent posts on poppassd and its

allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread martin f krafft
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

Re: allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread Steve Mickeler
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.

Re: allowing users to change passwords

2002-01-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Steve Mickeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.01.18.0010 +0100]: 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. yes, but did you see my recent posts on poppassd and its