Change unix passwords on php based site

[nsamaka]

I'm a new user of PHP and MySQL, already making progress in a very short time and am astonished at how totally cool it all is. As always when I learn new stuff I'm jumping in to the deep end--or at least it seems like the deep end to me. 🙂

Basically what I want to do is allow people who have the right to log onto the Unix machine to be able to logon to my website with their Unix usernames and passwords and then change their passwords. I'm seeing tutorials etc on authentication/tracking, well and good, but it's usually with a database, cookies, flat files, .htpasswd files etc. These I can manage.

What I would like is some advice on how you can use PHP to log onto a UNIX system and change the unix password on a website? What should I look for? Where do I start? I'm not at all averse to figuring out how to tie things together myself, but it would be nice to hear what to do and what not to do from experienced folks who've done it--things to watch out for, if there are such things.

Thanks,

[Anon]

Hi Nash,

I must say i've been aal over the internet and no one seems to need this functionality
strnge as i have been searching for the answer myself.

I''let you know if i find anything...