Hi Philip, has there been any improvement on this? I need the "change my password" feature for standard backend users (non admin) and I wonder if it has been decided how to implement it. Thank you, -Bruno
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jacques Le Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/8/21 Subject: Re: Question -- How does a normal user change there own password?? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Philip W. Dalrymple III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I guess they are aware now... Jacques From: "Philip W. Dalrymple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Understood > How do I get in touch with Hans and Adrain, this is an area that > I might be able to add a small bit of manpower to but don't want > to either step on toes or re-invent the wheel on. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:05:43 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: Question -- How does a normal user change there own password?? > > your are right it is something that is just being address. there is not > a lot of manpower to move it forward fast > currently Hans and Adrain are the ones that are involved in it. > I am more from a interested party but not involved. > The My page has profile info on it. > you just have to remove the permission for partymager from those that > you don't want to have access. > But there are other companies i have worked for that want everyone to > see everything. > so it is more once the installation goes in how security will be handled. > > Philip W. Dalrymple sent the following on 8/21/2008 4:53 AM: > >> I found the place in party (user name edit). >> >> I would think that, for most internal (backoffice) user, this is >> not a place that the admin would want to allow access even to there >> own login. I would think that most users would NOT have access to the >> user login edit rights even if they can modify other "party" data and >> I would think that most internal users would not have general party edit >> rights (they might change party data via other interfaces that are more >> limited). >> >> Am I missing something or is this just a place that has not been worked >> on in OfBiz much yet. >> >> I do note that in the "banner" at the top right there are two items that >> I would expect to be a part of the "users profile", time zone, and >> language. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:30:34 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: Question -- How does a normal user change there own >> password?? >> >> This is done in the person's profile (in Party) in "User Name(s)" section >> : edit on login line >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "Philip W. Dalrymple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:50 PM >> Subject: Re: Question -- How does a normal user change there own >> password?? >> >> >> I was not thinking about customers, (we would only have "backend" users) >>> >>> for a internal users who needs to change there password (say because of >>> company rules or just because they want to) should there be a way for >>> them to change passwords? >>> >>> (I tend to use the term "internal" user to refer to people who work >>> for the company who runs the system) >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:37:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>> Subject: Re: Question -- How does a normal user change there own >>> password?? >>> >>> There was, at on time, an added dialog on the login, that allow the user >>> to request a new login if they had lost it. >>> a "customer" can not access the back end except for order status. >>> there has been talk on the dev list about letting the "customer" use the >>> new mypage feature that give them access to their profile. >>> this, at this time, is not the case. >>> >>> Philip W. Dalrymple sent the following on 8/20/2008 3:46 AM: >>> >>>> I am looking at OfBiz (current SVN head or as of a few days ago) >>>> and don't see how a normal user is supposed to change there password >>>> >>>> I see in the party section where a admin can change the password and >>>> found that when a user is created the admin creating the user can force >>>> a password change on the user but I can't find how a normal (non admin) >>>> user is supposed to change there own password. >>>> >>>> Also there does not appear to be a way for the admin to re-set a users >>>> password and then force them to change there password the next time the >>>> user logs in (except via the "Entity Engine Tools" in the web tools >>>> app. >>>> >>>> Am I just missing something or is this a missing bit of OfBiz? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email, and any files transmitted with it, is confidential and >>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >>> addressed. 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