topic Re: Passwords in Alfresco Archive

Passwords

markthompson23 — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 04:12:43 GMT

Is there any way for users to modify their own passwords? As far as I can tell the answer is no. It appears you have be the admin in order to modify passwords.

Re: Passwords

gavinc — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:27:07 GMT

You're correct, unfortunately, at the moment only the admin user can change passwords.

Re: Passwords

markthompson23 — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:53:14 GMT

And, does 'at the moment' mean it will be added at some point?

Re: Passwords

kevinr — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:10:22 GMT

Yes I think we will add the ability to create additional "admin" class users who can edit passwords. Also we will add the ability for a user to edit their own password.

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Passwords

soeursourire — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:26:19 GMT

Please, would you mind telling me where all password are stored? In mysql server? In which table: child_assoc, external_keys, node, node_aspects, recipients…? Are the rules and WF stored in the database as well and else where are they stored?

Re: Passwords

kevinr — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:11:00 GMT

The user passwords are stored as an MD5 password hash as a property off a user type in the system store. So it's in the node_properties table. Why do you need access to those values directly?

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Passwords

soeursourire — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:19:32 GMT

Thanks for the fast answer. I would like to try to understand how Alfresco is developped and thus how the rules are working, how they are stored. So I was looking in the database and found the user name inside but without password… and did not find the rules titles (simple workflow).

Re: Passwords

kevinr — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:25:02 GMT

No problem. Information on how rules are stored has just been posted here:
http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=752

Thanks,

Kevin

Re: Passwords

soeursourire — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:26:49 GMT

Thanks a lot