I do this, they put in thier email address, I check the database, see if there is someone with that email address, then I use that email address and email them a password. That way no one can get that person's password, unless of course they ontercept thier email. The places I use this don't need high security though, just for account maintenance, I don't store credit cards or anything crazy except thier address.
Robert Everland III Dixon Ticonderoga Web Developer Extraordinaire -----Original Message----- From: Ian Vaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:00 AM To: CF_OpenSource Subject: Re: Password Reminder Hi Stephen Did you look at the example link ?? Do you have any sample code I can look through to see how I would achieve this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF_OpenSource" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Password Reminder > > > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
