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Re: login access to change account password only



set the login shell for the user in /etc/passwd to be /usr/bin/passwd?

just tested it and it seems to work...

Fran

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 12:19, Robert Cates wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know how I can allow a customer to login to my server using
> SSH (preferably using protocol 2 only) to only change the account password.
> I know somebody who has an ISP who allows FTP access to update her web site,
> and SSH access to change the account password.  That is, she connects with
> SSH, she's asked for a (new) password, then she's immediately disconnected.
> Or is it some other software on the ISP side authorizing access and it just
> happens to be that she's using SSH to connect?
> 
> Thanks much for your help!
> Robert
> 

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