thanks everybody, I think I´m fine from here on ...

patrick

Am 19.07.2006 um 10:04 schrieb Marc Remolt:

>
> Have a look at the 'make_random_password' method in
> 'django/contrib/auth/model.py' - it's the same principle there. In  
> case
> you already have a extended user profile, I would store the activation
> string there. Otherwise I'd make a dedicated model to store them  
> with a
> link to the user, the string and a generation date.  If someone calls
> the link, then just compare the date field with the current server  
> time.
>
> Jesore
>
> patrickk wrote:
>
>> sorry for being stressful - but could you give an example:
>> how to generate that string?
>> where do you store it and how handle the expiration?
>>
>> thanks,
>> patrick
>>
>> Am 19.07.2006 um 09:40 schrieb Kenneth Gonsalves:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 19-Jul-06, at 12:57 PM, patrickk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> that makes sense to me.
>>>>
>>>> still, I have 2 more questions:
>>>> 1. what kind of query do you use for email confirmation (how do you
>>>> generate it)? anything special to consider here? I did use a
>>>> combination of a password-hash with the date_joined so far, but I´m
>>>> not sure that´s the right way to go.
>>>> 2. I guess you use a random password first and then override that
>>>> password, right?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> you create a url with a random string - usually timed to expire in a
>>> few hours. The user clicks on that url and gets his confirmation
>>> screen where he can set his password
>>>
>>> --  
>>>
>>> regards
>>> kg
>>> http://lawgon.livejournal.com
>>> http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/
>>>
>>>
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