> > I am trying to add a password reminder feature to my administrative system > along the lines of the example shown at > <snip> > > I wish to add a feature similar to that, if a user forets their password > they enter their e-mail address is a form which when submitted gets checked > in a db table which brings back the password in an e-mail to that users > e-mail address. > > If no password if found or the user does not exist they are shown an error > message > > Has anyone done anything similar before ? > Yup....
Exactly as you described it, but generally I hash() passwords, so I generate a new password for them and tell them to go an reset it to whatever they want via a "edit your details" section on the site. Stephen ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
