satimis wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > Thanks for your advice. > > >> This plugin lets users change their passwords AFTER they correctly >> log >> in to SquirrelMail, which is the more secure way of adding this >> feature to your webmail system. After you follow the instructions in >> the INSTALL and README files, there will be a link for changing >> password on the Options page. You'll also want to ask me offlist for >> the updated beta code for this plugin. Keep in mind, you should >> always try to install this plugin instead if possible: >> >> http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=21 > > > Download "change_pass-2.7a-1.4.x.tar.gz" on /home/satimis > > > Run; > > $ tar zxf change_pass-2.7a-1.4.x.tar.gz on /home/satimis > > > I'm thinking where shall I keep the decompressed tarball; > > $ ls -l /usr/local/squirrelmail/ > total 12 > drwx-wx--- 2 root nogroup 4096 2007-12-03 23:49 data > drwx-wx--- 2 root nogroup 4096 2007-12-03 23:49 temp > drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 2007-11-23 11:55 www > > > If keeping it on /usr/local/squirrelmail/temp I have to change its > permission same as "www" otherwise the plugin can't work or keeping it > on the same directory /usr/local/squirrel/www > ??? Please advise. TIA > > > On README it says "This is a Squirrelmail plugin to change password > using the Poppassd service at port 106 > > You can get poppassd compliant services from the following: > ..... > Courier users should try courierpassd at > http://www.arda.homeunix.net/store/ > > > I'm running courier-imap > > $ apt-cache policy courier-imap > courier-imap: > Installed: 4.1.1.20060828-5ubuntu1 > Candidate: 4.1.1.20060828-5ubuntu1 > Version table: > *** 4.1.1.20060828-5ubuntu1 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > * end * > > > I suppose I need to download following 4 packages on above site:- > courierpassd-1.1.2.tar.gz > courierpasswd-1.1.2.tar.gz > courieruserinfo-1.1.2.tar.gz > tofmipd-daemon.patch > > > If I'm wrong, please correct me. TIA > If you store user information in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files, install poppassd package from Ubuntu universe package repository. -- Tomas -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/HowTo-Change-Password-direct-on-the-Login-Page-tp14238688p14269616.html Sent from the squirrelmail-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
