Re: Editing /etc/passwd as a non-root user

[ctino.schmitt@xxxxxxxxxxx (SchmiTTT)]

This sounds not security-related,
sounds more cracker-related . . .

Take care, somebody might watch over your shoulders !

Cheers.

Tino.



Am Mit, 2002-11-06 um 20.29 schrieb jeff:
> Haresh Motwani wrote:
> 
> >Actually, I need to edit /etc/passwd file thru a gui. The user will be 
> >asked to enter his username and current pwd along with the new pwd. On 
> >submit the script will validate the current pwd and then change it. For 
> >this I need to run a script which will be able to edit my /etc/passwd file. 
> >Obviously in this case the script would be running as user.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>
> >>On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:49:43PM +0530, Haresh Motwani wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I need to read and edit /etc/passwd file thru a script which is running as
> >>>a user.
> >>>
> >>>Can suEXEC do it? is there any other way of doing it.
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> 
> Hi,
>     I am not usre what dist you are using, but on my RH box I have 2 gui 
> password programs, userhelper and tkpasswd.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Jeff
> 
> 
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