Re: [cobalt-users] PHP Script / Unix system

[Greg Hewitt-Long <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Hi,
>
>I'm developing a PHP System which will have everything, it will be almost
>like a Cobalt system, but even better. What I want to do now, is change the
>user password using a PHP script, can it be done using system(""); or any
>other command on PHP? Is there any script in PHP that does that? I can't
>change the user password using "system("passwd user newpass"); cause it
>needs confirmation of the password and the string is not correct, does
>anybody here knows how to do that?
>
>Please, e-mail me back if you know anything about this.
>
>Thank you,


The easiest way to do this, would be to write your own passwd command in C - I think Cobalt must have done something like this, as the command they use does much more than simply change the unix password.

You write the C program, build in you validation however you want, and call the C functions to change the unix password.  If I could be bothered to reach for my bookshelf - I'd help more - you need the book "C on the Unix System" - it's an O'Reilly boox I think - one of the old nutshell guides - it's pink one.

Try http://www.oreilly.com/

regards

Greg
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