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[Casey Workman <address@concealed>]

Is there a template that has that "lost password" stuff in it?  I have
been looking for that as well, with no luck.

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Casey Workman
Systems Engineer
Murray State University
270-255-9675

***Please note that Murray State will NEVER ask for your username and
password via email***


On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Casey Workman <address@concealed> 
wrote:
> I should be good to go on changing the password in the user_table,
> that's not a big deal.  Other than I need to know how to hash it so
> it's correctly formatted.
>
> And, yeah I have checked through the email to make sure it wasn't a
> formatting problem or it was "hidden".  I have it open in Gmail and
> viewed the original message so it was showing the raw message headers
> and everything.  I even went so far as to go to someone else's sympa
> installation and clicked on their forgotten email link.  Then email
> from them was complete and I could see everything in it, including the
> link to go reset a password on their server.
>
> --------------------------------------
> Casey Workman
> Systems Engineer
> Murray State University
> 270-255-9675
>
> ***Please note that Murray State will NEVER ask for your username and
> password via email***
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Miles Fidelman
> <address@concealed> wrote:
>> I expect someone else will be able to provide a more detailed answer, but,
>> in the interim....
>>
>> - Passwords are stored in the database
>> - There's a section in the Sympa Reference Manual titled "Sympa and its
>> Database" - essential reading if you're going to play there
>> - /etc/sympa/sympa.conf probably has your database access info (username,
>> password) - assuming you have root access
>> - if you're good with SQL, you can change things using the the command line
>> (e.g., for mysql, the mysql command line), but, you're probably better off
>> using a GUI like phpmyadmin (or see
>> http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mysql/slideshows/top-10-mysql-gui-tools.html)
>>
>> But before digging around, you might try to figure out why you're list 
>> reset
>> password is coming through without the link.  You'd need to figure out 
>> which
>> routine generates it and look at the formatting files.  It could be that
>> your email program is displaying the link properly - look at the source
>> email.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Miles Fidelman
>>
>>
>> On 2/24/16 2:15 PM, Casey Workman (via sympa-users Mailing List) wrote:
>>>
>>> I can't get logged into our Sympa installation with the main
>>> listmaster account.  I think one of the other admins accidentally
>>> changed the password and now we are locked out.  I have tried to use
>>> the "Lost Password" link but the email I recieve is incomplete.  All
>>> it says is...
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>> Someone, probably you, requested to create or renew your password for
>>> your list server account list.abcdefg.edu. (This request cames from
>>> host x.x.x.x at ).
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>> It is missing the link at the end of the email that takes me to the
>>> form to change the password.  So my question is, how do I go about
>>> resetting that password?  Can it be accomplished from the command
>>> line?  In the database?
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> Casey Workman
>>> Systems Engineer
>>> Murray State University
>>> 270-255-9675
>>>
>>> ***Please note that Murray State will NEVER ask for your username and
>>> password via email***
>>
>>
>> --
>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
>> In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra
>>