Re: how to change password.

[Dwivedi Ajay kumar <ajayd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
> vishwanath kalbagilmath proclaimed:
> > I get a username oldpassword and new password through
> > mails and i should update them at the OS level 
> 
> There are security issues with a scheme like this.  Emails are notoriously
> insecure.  So allowing someone to send a password via email is a security
> hole.
> 
	
	Are you sure you want to allow changing passwd's through
mail??????????????????????????????? And you are going to automate
it :-0 . Good.