Thornton Prime wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Diogo Saad wrote:
>
> > What kind of encryption is used in the /etc/shadow file ??
>
> MD5
>
> > Is there a function in php that encrypts a string the same way the shadow
> > files does?
>
> Probably, though you might be better off exec'ing passwd.
>
> > What I wanna make is a php page that changes my PASSWORD via web ....
>
> Be very careful. Your webserver will need to run as root to be able to
> modify /etc/shadow. You might be better off with suexec and a setuid root
> cgi. Be very careful.
be careful indeed. Another good situation for sudo.
Bret
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