Re: Web based password change

From: Guylene Gadal (gmg@ece.ucsb.edu)
Date: 03/30/02


From: Guylene Gadal <gmg@ece.ucsb.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:20:49 -0800
To: Mark Wake <mark.wake@blueyonder.co.uk>

And - how secure is your web server??

Mark Wake wrote:
>
> Has anybody ever tried to put a web based front end onto a unix box for
> changing a unix password. I need to be able to offer a facility whereby a
> user can change their own password. It needs to be done via apache. I was
> thinking along the lines of a cgi script to run the passwd command under
> solaris. Any thoughts or experiences?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.



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