Password Reset
From:
Michael JasonSmith
Date:
Sep 24 01:54 UTC
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Richard, Dan, Alice and myself have been thinking over how registration, login
and passwords should work with GroupServer, to make the entire process easier.
Below is a reworking of what the help for the Password Reset would look like
with the new system.
Resetting Your Password
To reset your password, carry out the following.
1. Click Reset Password on the login page. The Reset Password page
will be shown.
2. Enter the email address that you wish to use, with your online
groups on GroupServer, in the Email Address entry box. If you have
more than one address registered with GroupServer, enter your
preferred address into the Email Address entry box.
3. Click the Reset button. An email message, containing a link to the
password reset page will be sent to you.
4. Click the link in the password-reset email message that has been
sent to you. The Set Password page will be shown.
5. Enter your new password in the first entry, and repeat the
password in the second entry.
6. Click the Set Password button. Your profile page will be shown.
Note: Administrator Password-Reset
Some administrators can reset passwords for group members. If
this occurs, you will receive an email message informing you that
your password has been reset. From this message, you can carry
out the tasks 4–6 above.
The biggest change is to what we send out: a link to set the Set Password page
rather than a new password. The link would contain a unique ID, which would log
the user in, so he or she could set the password. Linking the user to the Set
Password page should encourage the users to set a password that he or she can
remember :)
Administrators get the ability to reset passwords, as described in the note
above. The message the user will get in this circumstance will be slightly
different, as it would contain the name and email address of the administrator
who reset the password, and a link to the email address of the privacy officer
of the site.
Do you all think that sending out a link to the Set Password page is a good
idea? Do you prefer sending out passwords?