In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Falkenberg) wrote:
> I have just finally finished a WWW based Perl program that can > add/delete and change users password from a WWW based script. I have > tried to make this script as secure as I can. The script can modify the > /etc/passwd files.... has any one seen a script like this before? you should avoid editing /etc/passwd directly. most systems will have some sort of vendor specific tool to do this, since updating one file may require changes elsewhere. if you are willing to go through all of the work to re-sync all of the necessary system databases (can you even name them?) that rely on /etc/passwd, perhaps you should wonder why you have so much free time and nothing better to do. ;) -- brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Perl services for hire CGI Meta FAQ - http://www.perl.org/CGI_MetaFAQ.html Troubleshooting CGI scripts - http://www.perl.org/troubleshooting_CGI.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
