From: Bob Beck (beckbofh.cns.ualberta.ca)
Date: Thu Jun 02 2005 - 00:29:41 CDT

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

        You don't. it's that simple.

        authpf is not a shell. It is designed to let the user do NOTHING.
I will not change it so users can do something with it.

        users should not have a shell on the box authpf is running on.

        Want them to change their passwords? give them a real
shell on a DIFFERENT MACHINE where they can change their passwords, or
make a web page that does it for them. Search the list archives, I've
posted previously the perl for one I use at the U of A.

        -Bob

* Alastair Johnson <alastair.johnsontrinity.ox.ac.uk> [2005-06-01 20:31]:
> using authpf i cant see a way to allow users to
> change their passwords. i want ideally to set
> password ageing but more urgently how can a user
> with an authpf shell login to change a password?
>
> its tiresome and not very scalable to have them
> troop into my office and in a root session type
> "passwd user"
>
> have searched all over for the answer to this.
> appologies if its a FAQ but any help would be much
> appreciated
>
> many thanks
>
> sincerely,
>
> alastair johnson
>

--
Bob Beck Computing and Network Services
beckbofh.ucs.ualberta.ca University of Alberta
True Evil hides its real intentions in its street address.

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]