[sakai2-tcc] Change reset password to have it send links rather than reset

[Aaron Zeckoski]

I would tend to agree and I think this is a change we should make in
2.9 and document in the release notes.

-AZ


On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This has just come up on list and I think it is worthy of discussion. The Reset Password tool is installed by default in trunk, and its current behaviour is to reset a user's password and email it to them. This is problematic since all you need is a user's email address and you can continually reset their password and essentially DoS them.
>
> I think we should change it so it sends the link and then they need to follow it to reset it. Then no one can reset a password without the owner's intervention.
>
> It's a property change:
>
> # If set to false then password reset users get sent a new email, otherwise they get a link to allow
> # them to reset their password. This prevents people from changing password they don't own.
> siteManage.validateNewUsers=true
>
> cheers,
> Steve
>
> _______________________________________________
> sakai2-tcc mailing list
> sakai2-tcc at collab.sakaiproject.org
> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/sakai2-tcc



-- 
Aaron Zeckoski - Software Architect - http://tinyurl.com/azprofile