How to reset password in moodle through forgot password module but not through email processing?
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Hello Reggie,
Please see:
http://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Administration_FAQ#I_have_forgotten_the_admin_password
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Is there a way to use the module forgot password but through email notification?
If possible the teacher or administrator will be assigned to reset the password of the student to default and force them to change password once log-in?
Thanks!
Hi Reggie,
I'm unclear about the first part. The forgot password process (http://somesite.com/login/forgot_password.php) works through email notification; doesn't it?
Is the email working?
http://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Messaging_settings#Email_settings
And what about cron?
http://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Cron
Regarding the second issue, teachers cannot because their role only allows for course related tasks, not system ones. An admin can do it (password field = "changeme"):
http://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Upload_users#Fields_that_can_be_included
Hi Guillermo,
Thank you for the immediate response.
Regarding "The forgot password process (http://somesite.com/login /forgot_password.php) works through email notification; doesn't it?"
It's working properly but we are implementing it to an intranet environment with the users doesn't have any access in internet to connect to their external "free" email accounts like yahoo or gmail accounts.
Is there a way to utilize the forgot password module without the use of email?
Thank you very much!
Hello Reggie ,
You can keep one password as a default password for all users and force password change option set to "Yes" after login and then when they login first time in the course they can login with their own username and their default password and after that they get option to change their password.
If you want to do this you can follow the steps below:
1. As a admin go to Administration > Users > Accounts > Bulk user actions . Then you will get a list of all users in your site. Click "Add all" to add them to the selected list and choose "Download" option from with selected users.... dropdown and then "Go" .
2. A file will be download in .xlsx format and edit the file and add one more field "Password" after username and set any default password and save it as .csv format
3. Then go to Administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users and update users with your csv file.
Set following options:
a. Upload type - Update existing users only
b. New user password - Field required in file
c. Force password change - All
d. Select for bulk user actions - Yes
and after all setting click "Upload users".
4. In the last you will get option for bulk user action to send email or message. You can send message to all users their default password or can also tell them in their classes.
A message don't require any internet .
You can keep one password as a default password for all users and force password change option set to "Yes" after login and then when they login first time in the course they can login with their own username and their default password and after that they get option to change their password.
If you want to do this you can follow the steps below:
1. As a admin go to Administration > Users > Accounts > Bulk user actions . Then you will get a list of all users in your site. Click "Add all" to add them to the selected list and choose "Download" option from with selected users.... dropdown and then "Go" .
2. A file will be download in .xlsx format and edit the file and add one more field "Password" after username and set any default password and save it as .csv format
3. Then go to Administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users and update users with your csv file.
Set following options:
a. Upload type - Update existing users only
b. New user password - Field required in file
c. Force password change - All
d. Select for bulk user actions - Yes
and after all setting click "Upload users".
4. In the last you will get option for bulk user action to send email or message. You can send message to all users their default password or can also tell them in their classes.
A message don't require any internet .
Hi Reggie,
Doesn't the intranet have an internal email system that could be used? How do people communicate internally?
Could you use another authentication system, like LDAP?
http://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Authentication
Some references regarding the Moodle messaging system: