On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 09:28:07AM +0200, Samuel Murray (Groenkloof) wrote: > F Wolff wrote: > > > On Vr, 2008-07-11 at 07:26 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > >> A user of the Debian server asks me if there's a way to reste his > >> password in the Pootle server. > > > Unfortunately not that the user himself can initiate. > > Actually, if a user knows the correct procedure, he can initiate it. A > simple solution for now would be to have a little message on the "login > failed" page saying: > > == > > If you can't remember your password, please send an e-mail to xyz, and > include the following information: > > * Your real name > * Your Pootle user name > * Your original e-mail address > * Your original activation code (if available) > * What you want your new password to be > * Which projects and which languages you contributed to (if any) > > == > > The server admin guy can then make a best guess about whether the user > is probably the same as the registered one, and reset the password. > Would this be doable? Should I submit the RFE? > > Samuel
As an administrator of a pootle instance, I would MUCH rather have a procedure like mailman's password reminder or any number of other webapp's password reset with a one-time-use URL. If I have to be personally involved in the password reset procedure, then the procedure doesn't scale well at all. Cheers, -- Cristóbal Palmer ibiblio.org systems administrator ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Translate-pootle mailing list Translate-pootle@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translate-pootle
