Re: [SLUG] chaging linux passwords from a web page

["Rachel Polanskis" <rachel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:

> > the most popular solution i've seen is to run the eudora password change daemon poppassd and use a perl script to change the password through poppassd. the perl script takes the details from a form post action.
> > 
> 
> What are the users running? Windows?
> DO they use Eudora?
> 
> 
> AFAIK its part of the menu of Eudora.
> Goto Eudora -> Menu ->  Special -> Change Password
> and it will ask you which of your passwords you want to change.

I actually had a version of poppassd that I hacked to use PAM/LDAP.
You could change your passwd through Eudora or via the web. 
Unfortunately I do not have the source code anymore but it 
is very simple to do....


rachel

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