javascript redhat password

[esromneb]

Hi, I would like to know where I can find a publig javascript page where I can type in a plaintext password and get back the format that is used in
/etc/shadow
that way...users can go to the public page...type in their password, and e-mail me the result... So I can change their password without giving them shell access.

I realize that each password should have a different salt...but it doesn't matter what the salt is...right?

thanks so much!
-ben

 

[sleipnir214]

It would be a lot easier to do the encryption in some web-based scripting language, like PHP or perl. That way the script could actually invoke the crypt function used by the server to encrypt passwords.

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[esromneb]

That's a good idea...but for now I just want it so all the password changes are done through me...through e-mail....

If I write a script in php...would I use the crypt() function to get the hash that is used in /etc/passwd on my redhat 8 system?
thanks.

 

[sleipnir214]

Yeah, PHP's crypt() should do what you need.

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