Re: User can't change a password

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 43941
interpreted = N
texte = Lester Emo wrote:> I have a register/login setup for a messageboard. > I'm using Webcat's internal authentication. > > A user is able to create an account, with their profile information. > > When they login and try to change their profile information, everything > except the password is changeable. > > Is there something with using Webcats internal authentication and browser > based username/password that's preventing the changing of a password after > one is created?? > > This is on my profile_edit.tpl page > > [Search db=members.db&eqUserData=[username]] > [FoundItems] > > Password: > here you are using password as the value being passed. is password a field name in the members.db or is pass what you are looking for? FYI, if it is password then this is one of those don't do that sort of things (using webCat reserved words as a var or field name that is).> > [replace > db=members.db&eqUniqueIDdata=[UniqueID]]&pass=[url][encrypt][uppercase][password][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url]&email=[url][uppercase][email][/uppercase][/url]&secretword=[secretword][/replace]Here you are putting the password in a fieldname called pass and you are assigning whatever value the user is logged in as... [password]instead pass a var called __pass with a value of [pass] ie:Password: (this is the password from the members.db)then in your replace do this:[replace db=members.db&eqUniqueIDdata=[UniqueID]]&pass=[url][encrypt][uppercase][__pass][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url]&email=[url][uppercase][email][/uppercase][/url]&secretword=[secretword][/replace]cheers, Donovan> > > I can change everything except the password. > I don't even see the changed password being written into the database, the > old one stats as is. > >-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------<><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: User can't change a password (Lester Emo 2002)
  2. Re: User can't change a password (Donovan 2002)
  3. Re: User can't change a password (Lester Emo 2002)
  4. Re: User can't change a password (Jesse Williams-Proudman 2002)
Lester Emo wrote:> I have a register/login setup for a messageboard. > I'm using Webcat's internal authentication. > > A user is able to create an account, with their profile information. > > When they login and try to change their profile information, everything > except the password is changeable. > > Is there something with using Webcats internal authentication and browser > based username/password that's preventing the changing of a password after > one is created?? > > This is on my profile_edit.tpl page > > [Search db=members.db&eqUserData=[username]] > [founditems] > > Password: > [password]>here you are using password as the value being passed. is password a field name in the members.db or is pass what you are looking for? FYI, if it is password then this is one of those don't do that sort of things (using webCat reserved words as a var or field name that is).> > [replace > db=members.db&eqUniqueIDdata=[UniqueID]]&pass=[url][encrypt][uppercase][password][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url]&email=[url][uppercase][email][/uppercase][/url]&secretword=[secretword][/replace]Here you are putting the password in a fieldname called pass and you are assigning whatever value the user is logged in as... [password]instead pass a var called __pass with a value of [pass] ie:Password: (this is the password from the members.db)then in your replace do this:[replace db=members.db&eqUniqueIDdata=[UniqueID]]&pass=[url][encrypt][uppercase][__pass][/uppercase][/encrypt][/url]&email=[url][uppercase][email][/uppercase][/url]&secretword=[secretword][/replace]cheers, Donovan> > > I can change everything except the password. > I don't even see the changed password being written into the database, the > old one stats as is. > >-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------<><> Donovan Brooke <><>->ï ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Donovan

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