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

[Abdul khader]

Dear All,
Stepped across https://mysakai.rsmart.com/xsl-portal
This is sakai and still has the ability to reset registered users passwords.
Is that a custom code written by those people or some functionality achieved
by tweaking sakai.properties file.

I tried setting the following values in sakai.properties.

visibleTools at org.sakaiproject.tool.api.ActiveToolManager=sakai.resetpass
resetRoles.count=4
resetRoles.1=guest
resetRoles.2=associate
resetRoles.3=staff
resetRoles.4=registered


But only guest accounts are allowed to change the password ?

Regards
Abdul Khader
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 2:12 AM, Abdul khader <akhader at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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