Yes, this is for the list maintainer role.  Just what I needed -- 
thanks Nathan.

I see that if I want to change a user's password, assuming one 
already exists, by simply sending a DEL command and an ADD command in 
the same email command message, like this:

PWC DEL userid@host pw=XXXXXX
PWC ADD userid@host newpassword pw=XXXXXX

Since I'm going to build this into a form, I also see that I can use 
the same two commands in the email for the case where the user has no 
prior password. It appears that LISTSERV gracefully parses the 
commands in order. On DEL, it simply reports back that there is no 
password. On ADD, it adds the password. This is convenient in 
creating the form, since I merely hard-code in the two commands, and 
drop in the password via a variable.

Steve

At 01:09 PM 1/28/2007, you wrote:
>At 09:32 AM 1/28/2007 -0800, Stephen C. Nill wrote:
> >However, I'm not seeing how, if at all, the list maintainer can 
> issue an email command to change a user's password. Is it possible? 
> If so, what is the syntax?
>
>Are you talking about the list owner or the site manager?
>
>List owners as such cannot manage other users' passwords.
>
>A site manager (postmaster) can do this with the PWC ADD and PWC DEL 
>commands (there is no PWC CHANGE command).  Documented in 6.3 of the 
>site manager's manual, and near the end of the refcard as well, but
>
>PWC DEL userid@host
>PWC ADD userid@host newpassword
>
>You can prepend QUIET to PWC if you don't want a notification sent 
>to the user.
>
>Nathan



Stephen C. Nill
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CharityChannel
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