Page for changing passwords in a Directory - CGI::Appplication

ghenry has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear guys,

Going to be doing a few custom things to help some users change their password in Samba PDC (LDAP backend) and I have picked CGI::Application for this, as the example is good and looks easy to drop in/swap the bits I need.

Do you think this is the right way to go?

They can of course just change their password via Ctrl-Alt-Del on Windows, but they have asked for a webpage to reset the password too.

Thanks.

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Re: Page for changing passwords in a Directory - CGI::Appplication - right way to go? by jbrugger (Parson) on Jul 25, 2005 at 11:03 UTC
Well, since 'they' asked for a webpage method too, and if you're comfortable to use CGI::Application, i'd say it is indeed the right way to go. I assume you're going to implement a module like Net::LDAP::Extension::SetPassword with it? "We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise." - Larry Wall.	[reply]
Re^2: Page for changing passwords in a Directory - CGI::Appplication - right way to go? by ghenry (Vicar) on Jul 25, 2005 at 11:18 UTC
Yes, exactly. I don't wish to reinvent the wheel here, just use existing stuff. I could use Webmin or Samba Console, but that would just blow their minds and I'd rather get something inplace now that I can just keep adding too. Should be fun. Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!	[reply]
Re^2: Page for changing passwords in a Directory - CGI::Appplication - right way to go? by ghenry (Vicar) on Jul 25, 2005 at 21:13 UTC
I think CGI::Builder might be the better way to go. There's CGI::Application::Plus, which says to move on to the above. I'll have a play with both and see. Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!	[reply]
Re^3: Page for changing passwords in a Directory - CGI::Appplication - right way to go? by ghenry (Vicar) on Jul 25, 2005 at 21:19 UTC
Might be a bad choice according to Merlyn. Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!	[reply]
Re^4: Page for changing passwords in a Directory - CGI::Appplication - right way to go? by merlyn (Sage) on Jul 25, 2005 at 21:41 UTC
Re: Page for changing passwords in a Directory - CGI::Appplication - right way to go? by puploki (Hermit) on Jul 25, 2005 at 09:40 UTC
I've no experience directly with the CGI modules for doing this sort of thing, so my reply is a little off topic. I'm not sure what environment you're running in - we've done this, but have Windows/IIS servers to do the scripting on which possibly makes life easier (especially as we use a Windows 2003 domain rather than Samba PDC). Anyway, a good way to go it to use the Win32::AdminMisc module with the SetPassword() or UserChangePassword() calls. HTH, Loki	[reply]