[TriLUG] 'sudo' access to passwd program

[Jeremy Portzer]

Actually, I already use cgipaf on this server, for users to change their
own passwords.  The problem is when they forget them, and need the
sysadmin to reset.  I don't see any way to enable such a functionality
in cgipaf -- any ideas?

--Jeremy

On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 16:03, Jon Carnes wrote:

> If you don't want to use sudo, then download and install cgipaf.  It's a
> web-based program and easy to modify.  It's design is to allow folks to
> change their passwords via a web-page, but it's easily adaptable to this
> situation as well.
> 
> The script checks the users UID and will reject any change if it is
> below a specified number (like 400).  So it will not allow anyone to
> modify root password or any system user's password.
> 
> The program also has some nice logging so you can trace where the
> request came from (the ip address of the request location).
> 
> Take care - Jon
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