Built in Change Password in 3.4

[jriker1]

Was wondering if the Change Password option in 3.4 when you click on your name pulldown is for internally authenticated users or AD based users or both?  I'm going to dig deeper to find out more however thought I would ask. I know when as an AD user I use it I get a nasty java error.  Below is the call based on the link I'm referring to:

<item type="link" id="change-password" condition="!context.externalAuthentication">/user/change-password</item>

Thanks.

JR

[mrogers]

You can only change the authentication details managed by Alfresco.    If the authentication details are held in another system, such as LDAP or AD then you will need to change the password there, and not from Alfresco.

[jriker1]

Thanks, that's what I figured, out it goes until I have time to code in to update someone's password against the AD.

JR

[mikeh]

condition="!context.externalAuthentication"‍

should be preventing the Change Password menu item from even appearing if you're using external authentication.

Please raise a JIRA, as this seems to be the case.

Thanks,
Mike

[jriker1]

Raised a JIRA however also noticed it is referenced for logout also.  Wouldn't a user who uses AD to login still be provided the option to logout?  With AD you still enter your credentials to login.  I could see skipping logout if you were using Windows auth to auto login.  Just made me curious on the thought process behind context.externalAuthentication.

JR

[jriker1]

Here is the Jira link in case anyone wants to vote on it:

http://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-5256

Thanks

JR