May 17th, 2011, 2:47 AM
Hi cd5,
Sorry for the wait!
The email functionality is very much dependent on what email options are available on your server. If it's not working as expected, the system will reset the password but fail to send the notification. No good! I agree: this is basically a bug. I'll be making two improvements in later versions of 2.1.0:
1. better error checking on the forgot password email notification so it properly confirms the email is really sent.
2. the email reset functionality won't actually reset the password in the DB, just create a note to allow the administrator to use that temporary password to log in - in addition to using their original password. This prevents random people resetting admin/client passwords when they don't want it reset. This isn't a security problem - just a usability one.
In the meantime, I'm afraid you're going to have to modify the accounts manually. To reset the admin password, give this tutorial a read:
http://docs.formtools.org/tutorials/rese..._password/
All the best -
Ben
Sorry for the wait!
The email functionality is very much dependent on what email options are available on your server. If it's not working as expected, the system will reset the password but fail to send the notification. No good! I agree: this is basically a bug. I'll be making two improvements in later versions of 2.1.0:
1. better error checking on the forgot password email notification so it properly confirms the email is really sent.
2. the email reset functionality won't actually reset the password in the DB, just create a note to allow the administrator to use that temporary password to log in - in addition to using their original password. This prevents random people resetting admin/client passwords when they don't want it reset. This isn't a security problem - just a usability one.
In the meantime, I'm afraid you're going to have to modify the accounts manually. To reset the admin password, give this tutorial a read:
http://docs.formtools.org/tutorials/rese..._password/
All the best -
Ben