There's no IMAP change password command as far as I know. Eudora et. al. have always used a separate protocol for changing passwords, requiring that "poppassd" be running on the mail server.

http://echelon.pl/pubs/poppassd.html

It uses PAM, so you can use it to change LDAP, system, Samba, etc passwords.

That's probably the best bet for a password change plugin, although it introduces a new server dependency. The only other way I've found of changing passwords via the web (besides direct LDAP queries, which I use) is via an suid root CGI, which would introduce all kinds of bad dependency/configuration/security issues - not something I'd recommend for RC.

-j

On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 08:30 -0500, Geuis Teses wrote:

Is there a mechanism via IMAP that allows for the changing of passwords without shell access? I too would like this feature because trying to service a lot of users is hairy.

Geuis

On 12/8/05, Kari Päivärinta <kari.paivarinta@viivatieto.fi> wrote:

Could it be possible to build a change password feature to the
RoundCube? I have users who don't have (or never will have) shell
access so this is the single most important feature needed to
change my RounCube to my primary webmail.

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