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markthompson23
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
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.
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gavinc
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
You're correct, unfortunately, at the moment only the admin user can change passwords.

markthompson23
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
And, does 'at the moment' mean it will be added at some point?

kevinr
Star Contributor
Star Contributor
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

soeursourire
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
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?

kevinr
Star Contributor
Star Contributor
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

soeursourire
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
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).

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

Thanks,

Kevin

soeursourire
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
Thanks a lotSmiley Happy