>> I have a mail server with the postfix/Squirrelmail/Dovecot combination >> which I have user data on MySQL as virtual users. I have configured SM so >> that users can now change their own password. >> >> Is there any opensource solution to provide "self service password >> management" which would allow me to add the "I forgot my password. Lets >> reset it" feature ? >> >> For authentication, using some random personal data or personal >> question/answer combination would be enough I guess. > > I don't know of any pre-packaged solutions offhand. That's probably > because there is no one standardized place to put user passwords, and > exactly how you plan to reset the password can vary (send user a new > one? point them to a page that lets them retrieve a random one or > lets them choose a new one? etc...). Also there are any number of > ways to verify that the user is the actual one who owns the account, > some of which are implicitly linked to how you sign the users up (did > you collect a secondary email address? tell them to create some > security questions? etc....). > > Therefore, it's really hard to build a one-package-does-it-all system > for this kind of thing. It's of course straight-forward to build a > system to your specifications once you've decided on them. > > See also: > > http://squirrelmail.org/docs/admin/admin-9.html > Here is the one that I used to use on one of my servers: http://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/php_change_password.php Also: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=php+change+mysql+password Thank you! > -- > Paul Lesniewski > SquirrelMail Team > Please support Open Source Software by donating to SquirrelMail! > http://squirrelmail.org/donate_paul_lesniewski.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > ----- > squirrelmail-users mailing list > Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines > List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user > List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
