change email password via script

[Lyttek]

Greetings!

Is it possible to change the password (or delete the password) of an email account via script? I'd like to setup a script that I can run (when needed) that will disable email access to a list of accounts.

Basically, when a client terminates employees, I need to shut off access and would rather script it than do it by hand.

[chirpy]

I don't believe that there's a script to do that. However, it should just be a simply matter of generating your own MD5 password in /home/account/etc/domain.com/shadow or comment out the mailbox name in /home/account/etc/domain.com/passwd

[Lyttek]

Well, that might explain why I can't find it

Actually, commenting out the account might be easier anyway... If I were to remove the line for that account altogether, what would happen? If I went to change the password, would it choke, or simply create the password?

[Lyttek]

Went ahead and tried it.

If you comment out or remove the appropriate line in the 'shadow' file (as opposed to the passwd file), you can't login to email. You can then change the password via cpanel and all will be well.

[ElrondBCN]

I don't believe that there's a script to do that. However, it should just be a simply matter of generating your own MD5 password in /home/account/etc/domain.com/shadow or comment out the mailbox name in /home/account/etc/domain.com/passwd

Would you happen to know where the cpanel account passwords are kept? I'd like to be able to change those via a script as well.

[ElrondBCN]

Nevermind :-)