On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:26:25 PM UTC-5, ringmaster wrote: > > On 1/16/2013 5:58 PM, Fornax wrote: > > Hi folks. I set up a Habari 0.8 instance for my wife last year. She made > > a few posts, then totally forgot about it. Now she's interested in using > > it again, but she's forgotten the password. The password reset option > > would be nice, but I don't know where to configure the SMTP so that it > > can actually send. Can anyone help me out? I need to either configure > > email so the reminder can be sent, or recover/reset her account password > > from the database. > > > > I did see one post from a few years ago that looked useful, but the > > script it referenced (https://www.habariproject.org/utils/ssha512.php) > > either doesn't exist anymore, or I don't know how to use it. > > Yes, it looks like that page was axed when we last transferred hosts. > > Habari uses the built-in PHP methods for sending email, which are not > SMTP unless you've configured PHP quite differently than I've usually > seen it. > > It's probably more reliable when you don't have the email configured to > set a new password directly into the database. What you need to do is > submit the new password to the sha1() function and store that result in > the database. You should then change your password to something from > within Habari, which will store the new password more securely. > > If you can't make your own sha1 hashes, here's the sha1 hash for the > word "password": 5baa61e4c9b93f3f0682250b6cf8331b7ee68fd8 > > Just be sure to change that immediately after you use it to log in. > > Owen > > Thanks Owen. Good to know that the email is configured in PHP. That explains why I couldn't find it anywhere. I'll pursue that from that end.
And thanks for the hint on the password. I actually found another way around it... I set up a fresh Habari install with her username and a new password, and transferred the user from that database to hers. -- To post to this group, send email to habari-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to habari-users-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users
