[Lias] users changing passwords
Paul Gear
paul at gear.dyndns.org
Thu Nov 21 20:11:01 UTC 2002
Paul Gear wrote:
> Parkes High School wrote:
>
>> I have a RH 8 mail server set up OK
>>
>> Is it possible for my users to log in to the server via telnet to
>> change their passwords?
>>
>> If so what commands shld they use please?
>>
>
> What i have used and i think you would find better is to provide a
> secure web interface to linuxconf (get it from the Red Hat 7.2 CDs -
> it was obsoleted in 7.3) using stunnel and use the linuxconf password
> change dialog. That way they never have to login to the box and
> cannot poke around and mess things up.
Les Bell suggested http://www.webmin.com to me instead of linuxconf. It
looks pretty good.
Paul
http://paulgear.webhop.net
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