topic Problem changing password in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-changing-password/m-p/233259#M186389 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am using mysql backend with Community Edition 3.2. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>One user is having trouble changing his password.&nbsp; He is also in the administrator group.&nbsp;&nbsp; when trying to change password from the edit profile page, he supplies an adequate password length (7-8 chars, no funny chars), and hits the OK button and nothing happens.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We tried changing his password on the User edit on the Admin Console, and got a popup message, "Failed to set the password for the new user".&nbsp;&nbsp; The alfresco.log reported:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>12:37:15,406 ERROR [org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractRuntime] Exception from executeScript - redirecting to status template error: 10110243 Old password 'oldpw' is a required POST parameter.<BR />org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptException: 10110243 Old password 'oldpw' is a required POST parameter.<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.person.ChangePasswordPost.executeImpl(ChangePasswordPost.java:101)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScript.executeImpl(DeclarativeWebScript.java:223)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:70)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer$2.execute(RepositoryContainer.java:357)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:326)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecute(RepositoryContainer.java:407)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.transactionedExecuteAs(RepositoryContainer.java:424)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.RepositoryContainer.executeScript(RepositoryContainer.java:288)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:262)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractRuntime.executeScript(AbstractRuntime.java:139)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.scripts.servlet.WebScriptServlet.service(WebScriptServlet.java:122)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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One user is having trouble changing his password.&nbsp; He is also in the administrator group.&nbsp;&nbsp; when trying to change password from the edit profile page, he supplies an adequate password length (7-8 chars, no funny chars), and hits the OK button and Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:40:52 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-changing-password/m-p/233259#M186389 natguyton 2009-11-11T18:40:52Z Re: Problem changing password https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-changing-password/m-p/233260#M186390 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Interesting, with my account (also admin), I was able to change his password using the admin page.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:31 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/problem-changing-password/m-p/233260#M186390 natguyton 2009-11-11T18:43:31Z