Re: reset user password?

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel Infinity-ltd com>]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Werner Puschitz wrote:

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>
> I definitely agree with that. A password should be required for these kind
> of changes. But having to provide a password twice during a single login
> process just doesn't look ok. That's what I was referring to.
>
> Werner
>
About the only way I can see getting around it in this case would be to
redo the PAM login stack so that you get the password change as part of
that process.  Then you could pass the password used to login.  I am not
sure, but I think passwd is being run by login because of the expired
password.  (I have been looking at this, but I am not sure I understand
all the PAM stuff yet...)

Mikkel
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