Thanks, Bruce. It's good to know where this is being stored. Actually, I
like Matt's suggestion for auto-password generation. I'm doing this for a
client and I assumed they wanted to choose the password, but Matt's
approach makes more sense to me.
On Monday, April 16, 2012 11:38:09 AM UTC+8, Bruce Wade wrote:
>
> use request.vars.password to get unencrypted and form.vars.password for
> encrypted if you use requires CRYPT()
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 8:06 PM, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm building an administrative interface where only the admin can
>> register new users. Upon registering a new user, the system will email
>> login and initial temporary password to user. I'm using the auth_user table
>> but with a customized form and create action. Is there a way to capture the
>> password before it's encrypted?
>>
>> Obviously, I can have the admin enter the password twice, the second time
>> as a string, but that's a little user hostile. I could make an ajax call
>> that would copy it behind the scenes, but that's extra work. What's the
>> easy way?
>>
>> def create():
>> """adds a new user to the auth_user database"""
>> response.sub_title = T('Add New User')
>> form = SQLFORM.factory(
>> db.auth_user.username,
>> db.auth_user.password,
>> db.auth_user.email,
>> )
>> # password not available here
>> if form.process(onvalidation=get_password).accepted:
>> user_id = db.auth_user.insert(
>> username=form.vars.username,
>> password=form.vars.password, # password already
>> encrypted here
>> email=form.vars.email,
>> )
>> send_new_user_mail(form.vars.username, form.vars.email, response.
>> password)
>> session.flash = T('Added new user')
>> redirect(URL(c='user', f='manage_users'))
>> elif form.errors:
>> response.flash = T('Please correct errors')
>> return dict(form=form)
>>
>> def get_password(form):
>> # password already encrypted here
>> ...
>>
>
>
>
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