Re: Web based password changer

[Peter Cordes <peter@llama.nslug.ns.ca>]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:13:35PM +1100, Michael Sharman wrote:
> how about:
> 
> echo $user:$newpasswd | chpasswd
> 

 Better check if chpasswd actually works.  The comments in the postinst for
sash indicate it doesn't use PAM, and you have to do your own MD5 crypting.
If that's correct, you can't just use chpasswd.

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