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

Sun Jun 6 02:55:21 PDT 2010

Hi,
Please find attached the screen shot of the page. It is a registered
account.
The page shows the functionality to reset the password of the registered
user in sakai. This instance of sakai is available on the following URL.
https://mysakai.rsmart.com/xsl-portal

Anyone can register and then use the password reset button to reset their
password. And it allows even the registered users to reset their passwords.

I would like the same functionality in 2.6.2. When I configure it, it only
allows to reset the password for guest type users and no one else.

Please let me know how to achieve this.

Regards
Abdul Khader

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The link you see there 'Forgot password' actually just links to the Reset
> Password tool in the Sakai instance, you'll note its the same screen.
>
> What is the user type of the user you are trying to reset the password for?
> And is it an internal account or an externally provided one, eg from LDAP?
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Abdul khader <akhader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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