[SAC] Re: [OSGeo] #384: Create password "reminder" email script for LDAP user

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Martin Spott wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 05:58:11PM -0000, OSGeo wrote:
> 
>> #384: Create password "reminder" email script for LDAP user
> [...]
>>  Presumably we would actually perform a password reset, not actually email
>>  out the old password.
> 
> When you're requesting a new password at Mailman, then you're being
> sent a one which has been chosen randomly. This sounds like a
> reasonable solution at a first glance, but I'm feeling a little bit
> estranged with the idea of having some random person on The Net
> resetting the OSGeo LDAP password for me ....  ;-)

I guess you'd want to have a confirmation URL sent as well before
actually doing the reset?