Using cPanel API for changing email password

[saliljain25]

Hello,

I've been able to use the
XMLAPI php class : http://forums.cpanel.net/f42/xmlapi-php-class-111897.html
to add and list email accounts on my cPanel hosting, but some how i am not being able to get the code right for changing passwords ,


$xmlapi = new xmlapi("Primary CPANEL domain");
$xmlapi->password_auth("username",$root_pass);
$account = "Cpanel username";
$xmlapi->api2_query($account, "Email", "passwdpop", array("domain name", "user name", "new password") );

but i really need this to work! What am I doing wrong? please help me out.
Thanks

 

[MattDees]

Well, this is an API2 call, meaning it uses associative arrays as parameters rather than regular arrays, so you would actually do something like:

$xmlapi = new xmlapi("Primary CPANEL domain");
$xmlapi->password_auth("username",$root_pass);
$account = "Cpanel username";
$xmlapi->api2_query($account, "Email", "passwdpop", array( 'domain' => "domain name", 'email' => "user name", 'password' => "new password") );

 

[Niku01]

Hello. I don't want to open a new thread because i have a pretty similar issue .

So it works for me the above code, but its any way to change the email password without the cpanel account ? Maybe with that email acctual password as a verification , but not with the cpanel account ?

Thank you.

 

[cPanelDavidN]

Hi Niku01,

Currently there is not a programmatic way (API call) that will allow an email account user change their own password outside the context of the webmail interface. I would suggest creating a feature request in the feature request forum for this functionality.

Best Regards,
-DavidN