Comments on: Sexifying WHM with XML API

By: David L.

David L. — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:49:12 +0000

Is that your photo on the top banner?

By: jigabyte

jigabyte — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:14:12 +0000

Excellent posting! looking forward to much deployment of cpxmlapi. is totally underutilized. thanks Vanessa…very sexy indeed 8-)

By: v-nessa.net » Simple API Writing, Part I

v-nessa.net » Simple API Writing, Part I — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:55:11 +0000

[...] a single script that accepts variables from any authenticated source. So a little while ago I posted about the new cPanel XML API and how to integrate that with your own scripts – well now, I’ll use that as an example to [...]

By: cPanel Resources, Guides, and Tutorials for System Admins :: missysadmin.com » Blog Archive » Using the XML API’s with cPanel/WHM

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:09:35 +0000

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By: cpanelkenneth

cpanelkenneth — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:11:45 +0000

@BinaryPhalanx

The reset password function in WHM and cPanel do more than update /etc/shadow. Some services, such as MySQL, do not use /etc/shadow for authentication. The reset password function also updates the databases for MySQL, FTP and other services.

If you are executing the scripts on the same host where changes need made, you could probably send them to localhost:port. Also, if you are using internal, non-public IP Addresses, your risk is lessened as the requests won’t be routed via the Net.

By: BinaryPhalanx

BinaryPhalanx — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:42:15 +0000

Account passwords for WHM/cPanel use the system password, so you can easily just change the pass with the “passwd user” command at the BASH prompt. All that does is edit the /etc/passwd file like passwd does, only you’re not sending it out as plaintext over an HTTP socket (security risk, especially if you’re not doing it over SSL!)

The whole idea has some real potential though, aside from that. I’ll have to look into what else it can do and write something cool in Python.