Posted by 4site on 01/01/06 22:21

Happy New Year and all that!

I'd like to write a short PHP script that will allow users to alter
their virtual server password via a secure web form. I had hoped that
I might be able to call the shell passwd command from PHP, something
like this:

exec( "passwd -O $oldpassword -P $newpassword $username" );

but of course that doesn't seem to work.

Is it possible to execute the passwd command silently, ie without the
shell prompting (twice) for New Password? Or should I be looking in
another direction altogether - perhaps by editing the
/usr/local/etc/passwd file instead, yes?

Some advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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