[BLUG] updating passwords

Michael Schultheiss blug_at_mailman.cs.indiana.edu
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:31:49 -0500


Joe Auty wrote:
>    What sort of techniques do you use for updating a local Unix password
>    file (i.e. change a user's password) through an external web
>    interface, and of course do so in a secure and safe fashion?

I use poppassd (listening only on localhost) and a poppassd plugin for
squirrelmail (accessed using https only)