Haresh Motwani wrote:
>Actually, I need to edit /etc/passwd file thru a gui. The user will be
>asked to enter his username and current pwd along with the new pwd. On
>submit the script will validate the current pwd and then change it. For
>this I need to run a script which will be able to edit my /etc/passwd file.
>Obviously in this case the script would be running as user.
>
>
>
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>>On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:49:43PM +0530, Haresh Motwani wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I need to read and edit /etc/passwd file thru a script which is running as
>>>a user.
>>>
>>>Can suEXEC do it? is there any other way of doing it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
Hi,
I am not usre what dist you are using, but on my RH box I have 2 gui
password programs, userhelper and tkpasswd.
Hope that helps,
Jeff
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