On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Derek Piazza <dpiazza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> 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 That's not what the OP is asking about. For that, there are already SquirrelMail plugins: http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins_category.php?category_id=5 -- 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
