Problems with users changing password

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10/6/2008 5:50:16 AM
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Problems with users changing password

Hi Jo,

I created a new user profile "testuser" with a password "test". I then logged out as the admin user, and logged in as the "testuser". This was fine.

I then went to "My Account", and "Change Password".

I changed the password to test2 and clicked Ok.

I then get a message come up saying "Please confirm which user you are changing the password for" and it gives me the option of admin, admin, admin@admin.com, admin@admin.com, superuser.

Am confused as the password should be changed only for the user that is currently logged in and his user role isn't listed in this box. Can you please advise?


Many thanks....

10/6/2008 8:12:28 AM
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Re: Problems with users changing password

Hi,

I cannot produce the symptom you describe. Can you provide more details on steps to produce this problem? Is it repeatable? Can you produce it on the demo.mojoportal.com site?

Also please include mojoportal version, database platform, and browser you are using. Are you running any special browser plugins or password management on your machine?

If I can produce the problem I will give it immediate attention.

Thanks,

Joe

10/6/2008 9:48:33 AM
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Re: Problems with users changing password

Hi Jo,

No I haven't been able to reproduce it on the demo website. Perhaps there is something wrong with my set-up as I am re-producing it every time I try..

Here is the information you asked for, if you need anything else please let me know..:

Mojoportal version 2-2-6-7-b

MYSQL Server 5.0

Firefox 2.0.0.17

No special browser plugins or password management on my machine that I am aware of (though I am not the only one that uses it).

In a Word document I've outlined step by step the actions I took and the associated screenshots along with the security settings as I have them. I will e-mail that to you.

Thanks for your help,

Regards

Leah

 

10/6/2008 9:56:13 AM
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Re: Problems with users changing password

Can you upgrade to mojoportal 2.2.7.3 and see if the problem persists?

 

10/6/2008 10:25:52 AM
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Re: Problems with users changing password

This popup that is in the screen shot you sent me is not caused by mojoportal code.

Its the remember password feature of Firefox, that notices you changed a password and is trying to save it correctly for you in the firfox password manager. I did a little googling and found this forum post on asp.net and this one.

Hope it helps,

Joe

10/6/2008 10:36:50 AM
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Re: Problems with users changing password

Thanks Joe. Apologies - I should've realised that myself. I'm not that familiar with Firefox. Thanks for your help... I was actually just about to upgrade to the new version of Mojoportal. I am not sure I have understood the instructions correctly though: do I download the full installation ? How do I prevent my current site being overwritten? I did read your "Upgrading from a Previous Version" and searched the forums, but couldn't find the answer - I suspect it's because it's a stupid question, and so I thank you again for your patience with a novice :-)

10/6/2008 10:48:47 AM
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Re: Problems with users changing password

Download the MS SQL Release files zip and the MySql data layer zip.

Extract both files, copy the dlls from the MySql data layer into the Web/bin folder of the mssql release files

now your release packages is configured for MySql

If you don't already have a user.config file, create one as discussed here and put your connection string there as well as any other things you have customized in the appSettings section of Web.config. This way you won't lose your customizations, because mojoportal does include a new Web.config which will over-write your current one, but it does not include a user.config so by keeping your customizations there you won't lose them. You should at mimimum backup your Web.config file before an upgrade so that you can retrieve any customizations. For example, only appSettings can go in user.config so for smtp saettings you also have to maintain custom settings in the system.net mailsettings section of Web.config so back up your original to get that and put it in the new Web.config

Its best to sign in to your site as admin before you begin uploading new files.

You do want all your mojoportal files to be overwritten. Other than image files you have uploaded, all the content for your site is in the db so nothing will be lost by files being overwritten. Only mojoportal files are in the package so its not going to overwrite any image files you uploaded.

If you customized a skin, you should make sure it has a custom name (ie change the folder name from the original name as included with mojoportal) so it doesn't get overwritten.

Upload the files in steps as dicussed here: http://www.mojoportal.com/uploadingfilestoahostedserver.aspx

After all the files are uploaded visit yoursiteroot/Setup/Default.aspx to run the db upgrade scripts.

If your site is in production use and is mission critical, I recommend doing a full db backup and backup of all web files first so you have the possibility to restore it if anything goes wrong. I don't expect you to have problems but its good to be safe.

Hope it helps,

Joe

10/6/2008 11:25:28 AM
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Re: Problems with users changing password

Thanks Jo, that really helped. I hadn't appreciated before the distinction between the database and the upgrade. I followed your steps and have successfully upgraded - and I also removed the passwords from Firefox and that solved my other issue too. Thank you ever so much! Leah

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