[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] user passwords for accounts - default?

[Walz, Jennifer]

Kathy,

That is what I believe is happening now when you register a new user.   But that is a random number.   But the instructions on the web page say use your phone number.  That is incorrect.   And what I really want to know, is instead of generating a random number for each newly registered user, is there a way to auto populate the field with the SAME standard generic password.   That way, when we personally register a new student, we can tell them "this is your generic password" so they can then go on the system to change it themselves.    We would of course NOT post those instructions on the web site or opac.     We also hope to be auto-loading our student records sometime soon.  So in that process, can we fill in the SAME starter password for each new user record when the system uploads all of their other data?    Does the system automatically generate a random password whenever a new record is created?     Can we have it copy their barcode over to that field?

Thanks!

Jennifer
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Jennifer Walz, MLS - ILS Mysterium
Kinlaw Library -  Asbury University
One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390
859-858-3511 ext. 2269
jlwalz at asbury.edu

From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 5:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] user passwords for accounts - default?

Hi Jennifer,

Another possible approach is to use a randomly-generated password when creating the account and then instructing users to use the "Create or reset your password" link on the "My Account" page to reset their password on the first login. The advantage to this method is users can then create their own passwords, which is a bit more secure than using a phone number or another number that might be easily obtained.

Kathy
On 02/03/2015 11:17 AM, Walz, Jennifer wrote:
All -

   Ok.  I do appreciate that Evergreen has built in security measures.   They are very good.   However, I am unclear about how we can change some of those settings to better match our needs.

   It appears to me that the default for user accounts passwords is the last 4 digits of the patron phone number.   But we don't enter a phone number most of the time.  We use email as the required field instead.   Phone number is not required on the patron registration form.   So, then how do patrons know what their password is in order to access their account through the opac interface?       Is there a way that we can set a default generic password to be populated into the patron registration form?   We had that on our previous system and we could then tell all students to use that and then change their password after they got into their account.    How do we make this work in Evergreen?    How do students get into their account if they don't know what the password is?

Secondary issue:   And I am assuming that somewhere in the templates we can change the language of the prompt for the opac webpage?      Right now it tells patrons to use the last 4 digits of their phone number - which is wrong information.    Can someone tell me where that text is so I can change it?

Thanks!

Jennifer
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Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of ILS madness
Kinlaw Library -  Asbury University
One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390
859-858-3511 ext. 2269
jlwalz at asbury.edu<mailto:jlwalz at asbury.edu>




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