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hi!
i'm tearing my hair out and just wondered if anyone knows the answer to this. Im trying to run a php script as cgi to add a new ftp user.
the adduser works fine, but how on earth can i change/add the password, since , on a command line, you would have to hit return twice te re-enter the new password. i tried everything, but its just not happening.
any hints clues etc would be most appreciated. thanks.
here's what i've got
<code from here>
#!/usr/bin/php
<?
$ftp_path="the path";
$folder="the folder";
$user_name="the user name";
exec ($setpw , $result1Array);
reset($result1Array);
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($result1Array))
{
$resultLines .= "\n" . trim($val);
}
exec ($setpw1, $result2Array);
reset($result2Array);
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($result2Array))
{
$resultLines .= "\n" . trim($val);
}
exec ($setpw2, $result2Array);
reset($result2Array);
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($result2Array))
{
$resultLines .= "\n" . trim($val);
}
// not working to here
// set rights from here - is fine
// more code etc etc
?>
i also tried all sorts of permutations for the set password part , but to no avail, nor did i find any more usable hints anywhere on the net.
Thnks for your time guys
this is probably more then you wanted to know but pay close attention how I took the password and encrypted it shadow style then I used the -p switch that will add it to the shadow file automatically.
(OH YEAH I WENT BALD FIGURING THIS OUT)
John
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oh yeah forgot. I added all my users to a database so I would check it against that as well as my home directory just to make sure I didn't do an add user with a user that already exsisted. Also ignore how $md5pass= crypt($password) I had a hard time figureing out how to make the password shadow style and I never changed the varible so it should probably read $shadowpass = crypt($password); FYI
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function rannum(){
mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$num = mt_rand(46,122);
return $num;
}
function genchr(){
// return random salt character
do {
$num = rannum();
} while (($num>57 && $num<65) || ($num>90 && $num<97));
$char = chr($num);
return $char;
}
function saltstr($size){
// make salt
for($i=1;$i<=$size;$i++) {
$string = $string.genchr();
}
return $string;
}
function gensalt($type){
if($type=="md5") {
// use md5 encryptions for debian systems
return sprintf("$1$%s$",saltstr(8));
} else {
// default to regular 2 char des
return saltstr(2);
}
}
using these functions you would then set the password using this:
Code:
$crypt = crypt($password,gensalt($passtype));
where passtype is either md5 or des depending on your system.
then you can call usemod like this:
Code:
echo `usermod 2>&1 -p '$crypt' $username`
Most of this code is taken from our exim web config program called Theem, that we're working on polishing up and then eventually releasing.
exec() and /usr/bin/passwd
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