Bypass member's password

Started by ~DS~, January 06, 2010, 06:44:02 PM

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~DS~

January 06, 2010, 06:44:02 PM
I'm trying to figure how to bypass the password confirmation in members profile. I limit my members from changing username and display name and must be changed only by me (admin). However I hate to reset password only for them to change the password again after fixing the display name for them. How do I bypass the password in member's profile?
"There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again."
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Jerry

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January 07, 2010, 10:14:32 AM
When you are on their account screen, changing their display name or what ever... You don't fill in Choose password or verify password unless you want to change their password, leaving those blank with leave their password untouched.


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Arantor

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January 07, 2010, 11:53:38 AM
Note that Chrome will pre-fill the password with yours unless it's set to not save passwords. (Documented bug in 2.0)

~DS~

#3
January 07, 2010, 01:21:43 PM
Quote from: Jerry on January 07, 2010, 10:14:32 AM
When you are on their account screen, changing their display name or what ever... You don't fill in Choose password or verify password unless you want to change their password, leaving those blank with leave their password untouched.
Some of them are there by default like this •••••••••••. So change it to blank will not affect?
"There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again."
~Penn Jillette – God, NO! – 2011

Arantor

#4
January 07, 2010, 01:24:01 PM
Chrome has been known to repopulate it after that... though generally making it blank should do it.

~DS~

#5
January 07, 2010, 01:27:17 PM
Quote from: Arantor on January 07, 2010, 01:24:01 PM
Chrome has been known to repopulate it after that... though generally making it blank should do it.
Ahhh I see, so I am using firefox right now and the password is blank.  ;D
So it was Chrome then? Thanks, problem solved.
"There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again."
~Penn Jillette – God, NO! – 2011

Arantor

#6
January 07, 2010, 01:31:39 PM
It is a known Chrome issue and was fixed for RC3 - Bug #3485: [Chrome+AutoComplete] Completes or empties profile fields

~DS~

#7
January 07, 2010, 10:17:09 PM
Ok I can't change because a password must be provided.
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"Current Password:
For security reasons, your current password is required to make changes to your account."
"There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again."
~Penn Jillette – God, NO! – 2011

Jerry

#8
January 07, 2010, 10:25:49 PM
as long as you didn't fill it in on their account page, and it asks for a password after hitting submit it is fine. It asks for a admin password after submitting the changes for security issues. Just don't fill in Choose password or verify password on their account page, and you will be fine.


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~DS~

#9
January 07, 2010, 10:32:36 PM
I am using 2.0 RC2
It doesn't make sense, it's forcing me to enter a member's password which I don't know to apply the chances.
"There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again."
~Penn Jillette – God, NO! – 2011

Antechinus

#10
January 10, 2010, 06:43:38 PM
You enter your own admin password if changing someone else's account details.

greyknight17

#11
February 06, 2010, 09:39:59 PM
Is this issue resolved now? As mentioned earlier, you need to enter your own password (as administrator) to make this change. It's just there for security reasons.
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