Need a simple linux website that allows users to change their system password
I am trying to give my users a simple way for them to change their system account passwords without logging in via command line.
What I'd like is a very simple web UI that lets them log in with username and password, reset their password, and save it back into /etc/shadow. I've been searching for something like this for a few hours, but figured I'd just ask the experts here. Thanks Mike |
Here is an article about open source web hosting panels. The top choices can change system passwords.
http://www.gnutomorrow.com/best-free...l-alternative/ |
I guess someone could make a webpage to do that without too much fuss.
What distro do you have and are the people locally logged in to the local system? (redundant) |
Most of what we are using is rhel/centos 6. We also have some Ubuntu 14.04 servers as well.
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Yeah I've looked at a lot of these interfaces. However, most are for website hosting administration and password changes are usually specifically for this admin interface, not the actual system accounts.
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As jefro says, you could probably write a simple web interface for that easily enough. I am not aware of one that already exists.
But you would want to be careful how you implement that, and how users would access it, because it would be a non-priv'd web server process that also needs to run as a system user or root at least in part, to be able to make those changes. That is always a big potential security issue. You would also want to make it use a secure connection only (SSL/TLS) to prevent user passwords from being exposed to man in the middle attacks, etc... Offhand, it seems to me to be a fairly major headache/exposure security-wise, for a very small convenience for login users when you could simply have them use the passwd command when logged in. It would seem like a non-issue for most non-login users. Of course, your requirements are your own. |
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