[Using Sakai] Option to reset the user password if lost

[Abdul khader]

Thanks for the quick and complete answers.
I will explore the properties to extend and use it.

Should I raise this requirement as a feature request ? Will this be an
enhancement request ? Is this functionality desirable ?

Regards
Abdul Khader

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Matthew Jones <jonespm at umich.edu> wrote:

> I believe you can use that property to adjust which roles are eligible for
> reset
>
> For example:
>
> *resetRoles.count=2
> resetRoles.1=guest
> resetRoles.2=registered*
>
> The workflow that you're describing would require code that I don't believe
> exists and would be a custom solution. You probably could use the
> reset-password tool [1] to get some ideas or extend it so that only certain
> users have access to the tool to send out password resets if this was a
> local requirement.
>
> Many production installations use an external provider to control passwords
> such as LDAP and don't use this tool. This would also be more complex to
> setup but might offer some possibilities.
>
> [1] https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/reset-pass/trunk/
>
> -Matthew
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Abdul khader <akhader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That looks very good. Thanks.
>> Looks like it is applicable to only the guest accounts, how do I make this
>> functionality available for regular users and teachers.
>>
>> If not, is there any way I can delegate the authority of changing the
>> password for a group of students to a teacher. So that, if the student
>> looses his password, he can request his teacher to reset it.
>>
>> Regards
>> Abdul Khader
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Matthew Jones <jonespm at umich.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> You can add the Reset Password tool to the gateway (sakai.resetpass)l.
>>> Use these instructions:
>>>
>>> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/pipermail/sakai-dev/2009-July/002570.html
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://collab.sakaiproject.org/pipermail/sakai-dev/2009-July/002570.html>Also,
>>> there was some work done to make the login page a little easier to customize
>>> and add a link to the reset password tool as part of
>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-15324. However the earliest
>>> these changes this would be in a release is 2.7.1 or more likely 2.8.
>>>
>>> -Matthew
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Abdul khader <akhader at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>> Is there any way by which a sakai user can reset his/her password if
>>>> lost. if the user forgets his password, is there anyway he can get the
>>>> password or get his password reset ?
>>>>
>>>> I am using 2.6.2 version.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Abdul Khader
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