Functions from module passwd

passwd-lib.pl

Functions to support the change passwords module. Some example code :

 foreign_require('passwd', 'passwd-lib.pl');
 $user = passwd::find_user('joe');
 if ($user) {
   passwd::change_password($user, 'smeg', 0);
 }

can_edit_passwd(&user)

Returns 1 if the current Webmin user can change the password for the Unix user whose details are in the given hash ref, which is in the format returned by useradmin::list_users.

find_user(name)

Looks up the user structure for some name, in the useradmin, ldap-useradmin and nis modules, and returns it.

change_password(&user, pass, do-others)

Updates a user's password. The required parameters are :

• user - A hash ref of user details, in the format supplied by find_user.
• pass - The new password, in plain text.
• do-others - If set to 1, the password is changed in other Webmin modules too.