Scott,
Thanks for this comprehensive reply but...
in the Enter New Password dialog, the Confirm Password box is disabled !!
Anyway, allez la France !
Denis
"Scott Sheppard" wrote in message
news:1E050002CB53DFC466103FF93AE75FE3@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> You are correct. This is a change in 2.2. Site administrators no longer
have
> the edit capability on other users' passwords. As a site administrator,
you
> are no longer allowed to set the passwords for your other users. Users
pick
> their own passwords. This way only a user, not even a site admin, knows
his
> own password. This is more secure. Doing it the old way, we had thousands
of
> passwords such as "Changeme1" or "Password1." Our customers identified
this
> as a potential security hole, so we fixed it. So if you have a user who
has
> forgotten his password, a site admin can edit the user information and
> resend the user a new password. The new password will be randomly
generated
> by the system and the user will be required to change it as part of
logging
> in the first time.This way users wind up with passwords that they have
> chosen themselves, which are easier for them to remember, and the users
are
> the only ones who know their own passwords. In the vent they forget, the
> process can be repeated. It also alleviates the burden on the site
> administrator to pick creative initial passwords.
>
> "Denis Charpentier" wrote in message
> news:968DD4B60AA2079AA3AC9B648FF3DFD4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I just set up a trial site, and passwords are disabled for other members
!
> > How's that ? Thanks for helping,
> >
> > Denis
> >
> > PS I'm using ProjectPoint 2.480.2.27
> >
> >
>
>
