Question
How does a user or administrator change TWiki passwords?
They should be changed periodically, or (as I'm currently experiencing) a user may forget the password.
Answer This is a problem that anybody will have sooner or later when running Twiki. After I received several calls for password reset (which meant running through the entire procedure of deleting a line in .htpasswd, deleting the users Main. topic and asking the user to register again ... ) I wrote my own ResetPassword and ChangePassword extension to Twiki. Even if I am very sure that somebody else already did that job I'd like to give you my solution.
It consists of
You can find those files attached.
Note: This was my very first perl experience - I did it more or less using cut & paste from the original Twiki scripts - and it was my first CGI as well - so any enhancements are welcome - please let me know ...
-- KlausWriessnegger - 22 Jan 2001
Thanks Klaus for the contribution. I copied this topic over to the Codev web at ChangingTWikiPasswords. It will go into the TWiki core with some modifications. -- PeterThoeny - 10 Feb 2001
- TWiki version: 1.11
- Web server: Apache 1.3.x
- Server OS: Solaris
Answer This is a problem that anybody will have sooner or later when running Twiki. After I received several calls for password reset (which meant running through the entire procedure of deleting a line in .htpasswd, deleting the users Main.
| twiki/bin/passwd | perl script to deal with change and reset of password |
| twiki/data/Main/ChangePassword.txt | the topic in Main web for change password |
| twiki/data/MainResetPassword.txt | the topic in Main web for reset password |
| twiki/templates/oopsnotwikiuser.tmpl | a oops form telling the user that he mistyped(?) his name |
| twiki/templates/oopswrongpassword.tmpl | a form telling the user that he mistyped his ol password |
| twiki/templates/oopschangepasswd.tmpl | a form telling the user that change of password succeeded |
| twiki/templates/oopsresetpasswd.tmpl | a form telling the user how to proceed to get his password reset |
Thanks Klaus for the contribution. I copied this topic over to the Codev web at ChangingTWikiPasswords. It will go into the TWiki core with some modifications. -- PeterThoeny - 10 Feb 2001
| SupportStatus: | AnsweredQuestions |
| I | Attachment | History | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 txt |
ChangePassword.txt | manage | 1.4 K | 2001-01-22 - 19:55 | UnknownUser | the topic in Main web for change password | |
| txt |
ResetPassword.txt | manage | 1.2 K | 2001-01-22 - 19:56 | UnknownUser | the topic in Main web for reset password | |
 tmpl |
oopschangepasswd.tmpl | manage | 0.8 K | 2001-01-22 - 19:58 | UnknownUser | change of password succeeded | |
| tmpl |
oopsnotwikiuser.tmpl | manage | 1.0 K | 2001-01-22 - 19:58 | UnknownUser | a oops form telling the user that he mistyped(?) | |
| tmpl |
oopsresetpasswd.tmpl | manage | 0.9 K | 2001-01-22 - 19:59 | UnknownUser | how to proceed to get password reset | |
| tmpl |
oopswrongpassword.tmpl | manage | 1.0 K | 2001-01-22 - 19:59 | UnknownUser | the user mistyped his old pasword | |
| ext |
passwd | manage | 6.1 K | 2001-01-22 - 19:54 | UnknownUser | perl script to change and reset password |
Topic revision: r4 - 2001-02-19 - KlausWriessnegger
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