Resetting list admin password if list admin forgot password
Hi,
Is there an easy way to overide a list admin password and reset it to a default password if the admin forgets the password? Changing the password by finding the password within the program scripts would be quite a bother.
Would be nice if mailman has admin/moderator feature like in forums where moderator has most of the important features of admin but admin is the top guy. So admin has final control over things.
We want to give users admin access but need to be able to access admin functions in case user forgets password. Like resetting password in Linux. Any help is appreciated.
David
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Hello David,
On Monday, August 26, 2002, You wrote to subject: [Mailman-Users] Resetting list admin password if list admin forgot password
Is there an easy way to overide a list admin password and reset it to a default password if the admin forgets the password? Changing the password by finding the password within the program scripts would be quite a bother.
It is quite easy. You can login to every list admin interface with the systems admin passwort. You will find about this topic in the FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.008.htp
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Dear David,
The site admin can always change the passwords for any given list using the site admin password. If you don't know what this is, read the documentation, or just run the 'bin/mmsitepass' script in the mailman directory. This password allows you to access any of the lists on the site, and thus you can reset any given password. If you forget the site admin password, you can always just re-run mmsitepass.
As for your comments about moderators, that functionality is on its way. It is already available in Mailman 2.1, but that version is still in beta and not recommended for production environments.
Hope this helped,
Greg Westin greg@gregwestin.com
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Hi,
Is there an easy way to overide a list admin password and reset it to a default password if the admin forgets the password? Changing the password by finding the password within the program scripts would be quite a bother.
Would be nice if mailman has admin/moderator feature like in forums where moderator has most of the important features of admin but admin is the top guy. So admin has final control over things.
We want to give users admin access but need to be able to access admin functions in case user forgets password. Like resetting password in Linux. Any help is appreciated.
David
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David Luu wrote:
Is there an easy way to overide a list admin password and reset it to a default password if the admin forgets the password?
Use the site admin password to log in and change the password.
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