Re: Account Creation and Password Change

> Hi,
>
> I want to give useradd and password change rights to one user I can't
> use sudo as it's required for our software which creates mail account
> through web.
>
> Is it possible to create an account with useradd and passswd change
> permission ?

Keep in mind that a user with useradd permissions can change root
passwords and create uid=0 users, which is a serious security
vulnerability. Sudo does have work-arounds for this.

There are some simple perl scripts you can use to allow users to change
their passwords, but adding users should only be done by root.

-- 
Keith Mastin
BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc.
Toronto, Canada
(416)696 6070