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VMailMgr chpw CGI
This is a Python CGI script that lets virtual VMailMgr
/qmail
users change
their own mail passwords via a web interface.
This script is specifically tailored to work on hosts at
uberspace.de. But it may also work on other qmail-based
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 location is reachable via HTTPS.
Acknowledgements
This is a majorly refined version of a script originally developed by Dirk Boye. See dirkboye/mailpw_change at GitHub for the original source code.
FAQ
-
Q: Why still Python 2.7?
A: We needpython-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?
A: No, HTTPS is hard-coded. So unless you change that in the code, you can't. And honestly, you really shouldn't. -
Q: Do I need to put the script in
/cgi-bin/
?
A: In most cases, no. The script comes with an.htaccess
that enables CGI execution for the current directory. Generally, that should work. If not, your administrator may have disabled option overriding in which case you actually need to put it in/cgi-bin/
. But in most cases (and especially on Uberspaces) it should work just fine. -
Q: I only get an error 500 and the log file says something about suEXEC policy violation. How do I fix that?
A: Make sure both theindex.py
as well as the containing directory have the permissions0755
. Any higher permissions will usually result in that error.