Reset password

[jj0hns0n]

Implemented the reset password link

[dwins]

This probably needs a bit more work; even if I don't have a mail server configured this offers to send me a mail and doesn't even error when it fails to do so.

[jj0hns0n]

This is standard django functionality. All my pull request is doing is linking this from the Login page. See here ... https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset ... any suggestions as to what to actually do in the case of a missing email config are welcome, but they would likely require changes to django itself, unless we re-implement this same functionality on our own?

[sbenthall]

I just made this StackOverflow post to address this question:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6671186/how-can-i-make-my-django-app-with-password-reset-fail-gracefully-when-email-is-no

[jj0hns0n]

Seb, Im planning to get to that one here asap, but my strategy was
going to be to override the view, check if an email server was
configured, and if not, send them to a template that gave the
administrators email address and telling the user to contact the admin
via email. And if an email server was configured, just carry on
letting them reset.

Im not sure if the code in django-registration handles for when mails
are not sent successfully. I.e. the user expects a mail and may never
get one.

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:12 PM, sbenthall
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wrote:

I just made this StackOverflow post to address this question:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6671186/how-can-i-make-my-django-app-with-password-reset-fail-gracefully-when-email-is-no

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:
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[sbenthall]

IMO, if StackO gives any answers, then it would be worth implementing them. Otherwise, I think it would be right to pull this in lest the perfect be the enemy of the good.

[dwins]

There's some relevant discussion on http://dev.geonode.org/trac/ticket/869

[ingenieroariel]

There was an answer in:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6671186/how-can-i-make-my-django-app-with-password-reset-fail-gracefully-when-email-is-no

Basically said it is the admin's fault, not the user's.

[ingenieroariel]

I am +1 on getting this one as is. There is the same problem with registration at the moment and instructions to set up the email gateway in the settings.