W On 8/22/06, Nicolas Cannasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi man, > > > > The easiest thing, unfortunately, is to create a new account. > > Dokuwiki -- as amazing at it might seem -- doesn't have a password > > recovery feature! This is something we will be addressing in the next > > round of development. > > > > Take care + thanks, > > Aral > > The reason is pretty simple : Dokuwiki does not store the password "in > clear" but as a hashing value, so it can only check the password > validity but does not know its exact value. Password recovery is then an > impossible feature ;) >
Well yes, and that is the proper way to do it (I cant stand databases of real, visible passwords), but of course the answer is for the software to reset the password and mail it to you - provided it has a copy of your email address. Hank _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
