[Lias] users changing passwords

[Phil Scarratt]

I can vouch for webmin - pretty good and extremely convenient. Make sure you
keep up with the security updates and all should be well. I use it at various
places.

Fil

Quoting Paul Gear <paul at gear.dyndns.org>:

> 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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