https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30636
--- Comment #17 from Gregor Hagedorn <[email protected]> 2011-09-24 12:46:38 UTC --- "I'd be happy to consider implementing either a SwitchUser functionality or a root password, both with proper logging." That would be great, provided this happens before the release of 1.18. Else: The extension ResetPassword exists for many years and is used. It may not be the best possible solution, but it is the _only available_ solution. To my knowledge and to all participating in this bug discussion, mediawiki core provides no alternative. The present mediawiki core reset password requires an email, but mediawiki has never been built so that you cannot create a user without registering an email. Please fix the ResetPassword extension, e.g. by renaming the special page, in a way that does not leave admins without a solution after upgrading to 1.18. Add your security warning about best practices if you like, but create a pragmatic solution for 1.18. Whatever the status of the ResetPassword special page previously was, 1.18 alpha presently is the first mediawiki version where you cannot reset the password of a user without an email. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
