Nevermind...I got it.... I used Brink..... I just have a Linux server set
up, and I wanted a web interface to change passwords instead of having to
telnet or go directly to the server...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Strider Centaur" ">strider@scifi-fantasy.com>
To: "John" ">jcouncilman@knology.net>
Cc: ">ale@ale.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] Question about passwords / CGI
> Im not sure what password you want to change. Most ISPs do not give
out
> shell accounts and thus never change system passwords. So if it is
system
> passwords your talking about my first advice is don't do this. It will
only end
> in tears.
>
> If you are talking about a password in something like a radius data
base or
> for a .htaccess file for apache or other application. Then ayou need to
know the
> form of encryption they support and use the appropriate encryption
command in
> the CGI. There is no one answer for all cases because there are many
encryption
> schemes used. For example Mod_Auth_MySQL module for Apache can have
MySQL
> scrambled passwords ( created with the password() function in mysql ) or
standard
> DES password encryption using the crypt function in languages like C.
> Fortunately there is a command line utility provided with Apache for
handling
> .htaccess user files( htpasswd ).
>
> So it is really all a matter of what you are trying to set a password
for.
>
> John wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anyone could help me with this..... Many ISPs have a
> > web-based form that allows users to change their own password. I'm
trying
> > to implement this on a small server I have set up, and I was curious
about
> > the best way to do this.... I've seen so far three different ways to
do
> > it. What is the "standard" way of doing this?
> >
> > John
> >
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> Strider Centaur
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>
> " It is my observation that unless you really understand the issues,
you are
> hardly in a position to criticize. Nearly all Linux users have used
Windows,
> but very few Windows users have used Linux. " -- Me
>
>
>
>
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