Automated Password Reset
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| + | Users use this service by logging in to passwordreset@to.ugcs.caltech.edu The password is ugcs_pwreset It prompts them for their username, and lets them pick from the emails they have on file. It is then up to a sysadmin to run pwreset_sendtoken.py and pwreset_doreset.py | ||
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Revision as of 08:26, 6 May 2009
The automated password reset program allows users to semi-automatically reset passwords. It is a series of three scripts:
- pwreset_shell.py This is a shell program for the login account. It prompts the user for which one of their alternate addresses they want to use to reset the password.
- pwreset_sendtoken.py This reads the drop directory for requested resets. It then generates tokens, puts them in /afs/.ugcs/ugcs-admin/pwreset/token_db and sends an appropriate email.
- pwreset_doreset.py This email scans the mail directory of passwordreset for messages with tokens. It then prompts the sysadmin if they want to reset the password, makes a new password, and emails it back to the user.
pwreset.py is a library that contains some common code for the other files.
Users
Users use this service by logging in to passwordreset@to.ugcs.caltech.edu The password is ugcs_pwreset It prompts them for their username, and lets them pick from the emails they have on file. It is then up to a sysadmin to run pwreset_sendtoken.py and pwreset_doreset.py
