Extension:Password Reset

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Password Reset Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page, User rights, User identity
Description	Resets Wiki user's passwords - requires 'passwordreset' privileges
Author(s)	Tim LaquaTalk
Last version	1.7 (2008-09-04)
MediaWiki	1.9+
License	No license specified
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Added rights passwordreset
Hooks used GetBlockedStatus
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Password Reset extension allows Wiki users with the 'passwordreset' permission to reset MediaWiki user's passwords (Local users only).

• As of v1.6, r30588, the "Disabled users" special page lists users that have been disabled using PasswordReset.
• As of v1.4, r28418, the GetBlockStatus hook is employed to disallow users emailing themselves new (random) passwords from the login form if their account has been DISABLED via the Password Reset extension.
• The system message shown to users with disabled accounts who request a new password via email is 'blocked-mailpassword'

Installation

1. Create a new folder (directory) in the following location:
   wiki-install-folder/extensions/PasswordReset
2. Download the following five required files from Special:ExtensionDistributor/PasswordReset:
   • PasswordReset_Disabledusers.php
   • PasswordReset_body.php
   • PasswordReset.i18n.php
   • PasswordReset.alias.php
   • PasswordReset.php
3. Copy the five files in to the new PasswordReset folder
4. Add the following code to your LocalSettings.php (at the bottom)

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['passwordreset']   = true;
require_once( "$IP/extensions/PasswordReset/PasswordReset.php" );

• Note the new addition of the 'passwordreset' permission in 1.2 - this must be explicitly granted as shown

Usage

1. Follow Installation Instructions
2. You will have two new Special Pages titled "Password Reset" and "Disabled users"