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[MOD] Force New Password

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emanuele:
From now I will distribute all my mods as attachments to topics in this board.
Feel free to consider them eternal betas.

That was funny to code! :P

(Less fun for IchBin to test... Sooner or later I'll submit a working mod!!! ;D)

Force your users to change the password every once in a while doesn't improve security, doesn't improve your users' passwords, it doesn't even help much if an account has been compromised (I can't see any real way to "fix" a compromised account unless you know the person from outside the forum and you can use a "secure" line of communication)
Fortunately this mod doesn't do only that (starting from version 0.1.1 :P).
The second option available (the first is described below) covers the case when a member is registered from the admin panel, selecting the appropriate checkbox this user will be forced to change the password at his first login. The same can be applied to all the existing members using the new menu item in the profile.

With this mod admins can force users to change their password after a defined period of time.
The life time of the passwords can be defined (in days) by the admin in admin > Configuration > Modification Settings > Miscellaneous.

The new password must be different from the old one.

Compatibility: SMF 2.0.x

https://github.com/emanuele45/Force-New-Password

Doctor Deejay:
Very nice mod, this mod is especially useful when a forum has been hacked. :)

emanuele:
If it works! :P

Labradoodle-360:
Why are you releasing mods in a board rather than via the mod site?

emanuele:
I don't care about the mod count and in that way you guys will have less work. ;)
And of course if things don't work people can blame me directly.
And last but not least: less people will find my mods, so less support. :P

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