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

[David Horwitz]

+1 though as a note it does mean placing reset pass on the gateway so 
that it is enabled by default ...


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On 04/05/2012 04:39 AM, Aaron Zeckoski wrote:
> I would tend to agree and I think this is a change we should make in
> 2.9 and document in the release notes.
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> -AZ
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> 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
>>
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