Forgot Password Link on the Login Screen

[bentallman]

Is there a simple "I forgot my password" option that can be enabled on the login screen? We are considering the use of Alfresco on a fairly major project and this simple feature is a must have. If the feature isn't available, can someone suggest a consultant to add such a feature?

While I'm sure some will say that this isn't an "Enterprisey" feature, it seems to be a fairly important, as it is a feature that even this message board supports.

Thanks in advance!

Ben

[mikeh]

We don't provide it by default because Share doesn't know how/where to reset the password in most deployment scenarios; as well as often not having access to an e-mail server for example.

Thanks,
Mike

[bentallman]

Share without an Email server is definitely an issue in some cases, but in none of those cases would I see Forgot Password being an issue for Share to handle. However, in our (common I'm sure) use case, we heavily leverage the external user invitation features and have found a few major holes.

1) If an external user is invited to a site, but don't reply to that invitation, subsequent invitations prompt the user to login, not configure their account…

2) If an external user forget's their password, it requires human (expensive) intervention…

Share DOES know how to reset the password though, as I am able to handle that when logged in as an admin. This significantly hampers a key area of competition directly with sharepoint, which is the ability to invite non-local users into a share site.

Share has the ability to generate new accounts and invites, so most of the code is there…

[mikeh]

You missed where I said "most deployments". Most of our customers deploy Share in an SSO / NTLM environment with an LDAP server. In those scenarios, we have no access at all to the actual authentication mechanism.

Thanks,
Mike

[bentallman]

I guess I would argue with the MOST idea… I will give you that most seats are in that environment, but I doubt it is most installs. At any rate, it doesn't really matter. We need to add the functionality to our deployment, so can you recommend any developers with this kind of experience?

[mikeh]

Sorry, I missed that question in your first post… you might try contacting one of our partners via the directory: http://www.alfresco.com/partners/search.jsp

Thanks,
Mike

[bentallman]

In truth, I don't want a company, I want an individual who can be an ongoing resource… It would be way overkill for us to engage a large company for this work. Is there a resource that you know of or a listing of resources that you are aware of?

[zaizi]

Here's an old post on how to achieve this. http://zaizi.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/adding-password-reset-feature-to-alfresco-share-login/

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