Update README to reflect recent changes in terms of Python 3 and python-cdb

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Janek Bevendorff 2015-10-21 16:06:55 +02:00
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@ -8,13 +8,8 @@ This script is specifically tailored to work on hosts at
systems as long as virtual mail users are managed via `VMailMgr`.
## Installation
In order to make this script executable, you need to install `python-cdb` as
it is a required dependency:
easy_install-2.7 python-cdb
After that, simply extract all the repository contents into a folder under
your document root. No paths need to be configured. Only make sure that the
To install the script, simply extract all the repository contents into a folder
under your document root. No paths need to be configured. Only make sure that the
location is reachable via HTTPS.
## Acknowledgements
@ -23,10 +18,6 @@ See [dirkboye/mailpw_change](https://github.com/dirkboye/mailpw_change) at GitHu
for the original source code.
## FAQ
* *Q:* Why still Python 2.7?<br>
*A:* We need `python-cdb` to parse the weird binary password database.
Unfortunately, `python-cdb` seems to be only available for Python 2.
* *Q:* Can I use the script via unencrypted HTTP?<br>
*A:* No, HTTPS is hard-coded. So unless you change that in the code, you can't.
And honestly, you really shouldn't.