I don't know of a trivial way to do so. If you have someone willing to dig into the code I suspect that's probably set in the staff client though there might be something else that writes something in in the case of a null (it can't be null in the database). I haven't looked, so this is just me thinking about it. I suspect that this is doable but not without someone comfortable with it digging into a bit of Evergreen's guts and spending some time on it.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Walz, Jennifer <jlw...@asbury.edu> wrote: > Kathy, > > > > That is what I believe is happening now when you register a new user. > But that is a random number. But the instructions on the web page say > use your phone number. That is incorrect. And what I really want to > know, is instead of generating a random number for each newly registered > user, is there a way to auto populate the field with the SAME standard > generic password. That way, when we personally register a new student, we > can tell them “this is your generic password” so they can then go on the > system to change it themselves. We would of course NOT post those > instructions on the web site or opac. We also hope to be auto-loading > our student records sometime soon. So in that process, can we fill in the > SAME starter password for each new user record when the system uploads all > of their other data? Does the system automatically generate a random > password whenever a new record is created? Can we have it copy their > barcode over to that field? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jennifer > > -------------------------------------------------- > Jennifer Walz, MLS – ILS Mysterium > Kinlaw Library - *Asbury University* > One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390 > 859-858-3511 ext. 2269 > jlw...@asbury.edu > > > > *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: > open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Kathy > Lussier > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 03, 2015 5:14 PM > *To:* open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org > *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] user passwords for accounts - default? > > > > Hi Jennifer, > > Another possible approach is to use a randomly-generated password when > creating the account and then instructing users to use the "Create or reset > your password" link on the "My Account" page to reset their password on the > first login. The advantage to this method is users can then create their > own passwords, which is a bit more secure than using a phone number or > another number that might be easily obtained. > > Kathy > > On 02/03/2015 11:17 AM, Walz, Jennifer wrote: > > All – > > > > Ok. I do appreciate that Evergreen has built in security measures. > They are very good. However, I am unclear about how we can change some of > those settings to better match our needs. > > > > It appears to me that the default for user accounts passwords is the > last 4 digits of the patron phone number. But we don’t enter a phone > number most of the time. We use email as the required field instead. > Phone number is not required on the patron registration form. So, then > how do patrons know what their password is in order to access their account > through the opac interface? Is there a way that we can set a default > generic password to be populated into the patron registration form? We > had that on our previous system and we could then tell all students to use > that and then change their password after they got into their account. > How do we make this work in Evergreen? How do students get into their > account if they don’t know what the password is? > > > > Secondary issue: And I am assuming that somewhere in the templates we > can change the language of the prompt for the opac webpage? Right now > it tells patrons to use the last 4 digits of their phone number – which is > wrong information. Can someone tell me where that text is so I can > change it? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jennifer > > -------------------------------------------------- > Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of ILS madness > Kinlaw Library - *Asbury University* > One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390 > 859-858-3511 ext. 2269 > jlw...@asbury.edu > > > > > > -- > > Kathy Lussier > > Project Coordinator > > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative > > (508) 343-0128 > > kluss...@masslnc.org > > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>