I hope that taking the time and effort to generate an easily searchable and categorized forum for such queries using edited conversations from here isn't considered theft of intellectual property or stepping on toes. I certainly endeavor to give credit where due.
Here's what this particular conversation has produced, so that future or past related queries can be added to it and hopefully relieve devs from having to answer it again too many times. Next time you could just provide a link. http://www.habarians.com/mybb/Thread-Lost-or-Forgotten-Password-Recovery On Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:47:46 AM UTC-5, Fornax wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:26:25 PM UTC-5, ringmaster wrote: >> >> On 1/16/2013 5:58 PM, Fornax wrote: >> > Hi folks. I set up a Habari 0.8 instance for my wife last year. She >> made >> > a few posts, then totally forgot about it. Now she's interested in >> using >> > it again, but she's forgotten the password. The password reset option >> > would be nice, but I don't know where to configure the SMTP so that it >> > can actually send. Can anyone help me out? I need to either configure >> > email so the reminder can be sent, or recover/reset her account >> password >> > from the database. >> > >> > I did see one post from a few years ago that looked useful, but the >> > script it referenced (https://www.habariproject.org/utils/ssha512.php) >> > either doesn't exist anymore, or I don't know how to use it. >> >> Yes, it looks like that page was axed when we last transferred hosts. >> >> Habari uses the built-in PHP methods for sending email, which are not >> SMTP unless you've configured PHP quite differently than I've usually >> seen it. >> >> It's probably more reliable when you don't have the email configured to >> set a new password directly into the database. What you need to do is >> submit the new password to the sha1() function and store that result in >> the database. You should then change your password to something from >> within Habari, which will store the new password more securely. >> >> If you can't make your own sha1 hashes, here's the sha1 hash for the >> word "password": 5baa61e4c9b93f3f0682250b6cf8331b7ee68fd8 >> >> Just be sure to change that immediately after you use it to log in. >> >> Owen >> >> > Thanks Owen. Good to know that the email is configured in PHP. That > explains why I couldn't find it anywhere. I'll pursue that from that end. > > And thanks for the hint on the password. I actually found another way > around it... I set up a fresh Habari install with her username and a new > password, and transferred the user from that database to hers. > > -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users
