4) Crediting their bank account with two random amounts and ask them to enter those in. 5) Snail mail them some new password and ask them to enter it in. 6) Have them text or call some number and enter some value to a phone number with the mobile phone they registered on file. 7) … Read more
You are completely right. AFAIK there is no “generic” package that implements these flows. I’ve searched a lot for this kind of code a while ago, and found nothing. I think that @luizcarlosfx is right, that each application has its own needs, therefore it is hard to write something generic that fits all needs. EDIT: … Read more
When I was in the Air Force the security rule we had was: When setting or resetting passwords, do not send the user id and the password in the same email. That way, if someone is intercepting emails snooping for passwords, he has to successfully intercept BOTH emails, and be able to connect them, to … Read more
Find the file pg_hba.conf. It may be located, for example, in /etc/postgresql-9.1/pg_hba.conf. cd /etc/postgresql-9.1/ Back it up cp pg_hba.conf pg_hba.conf-backup Place the following line (as either the first uncommented line, or as the only one): For all occurrence of below (local and host) , except replication section if you don’t have any it has to … Read more
Short answer: You can use TortoiseSVN Password Decrypter to easily display your cached credentials, including passwords. Long answer: Here’s how the tool works. The credentials are saved in subdirectories of %APPDATA%\Subversion\auth\. Listed from this previous answer they are: svn.simple contains credentials for basic authentication (username/password) svn.ssl.server contains SSL server certificates svn.username contains credentials for username-only … Read more
Update: revised in May 2013 for a better approach The user enters his username and hits “forgot password”. I also recommend the option of entering the email address instead of the username, because usernames are sometimes forgotten too. The system has a table password_change_requests with the columns ID, Time and UserID. When the new user … Read more
I personally would send an email with a link to a short term page that lets them set a new password. Make the page name some kind of UID. If that does not appeal to you, then sending them a new password and forcing them to change it on first access would do as well. … Read more
find the file pg_hba.conf – it may be located, for example in /etc/postgresql-9.1/pg_hba.conf. cd /etc/postgresql-9.1/ Back it up cp pg_hba.conf pg_hba.conf-backup place the following line (as either the first un-commented line, or as the only one): For all occurrence of below (local and host) , except replication section if you don’t have any it has … Read more
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