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

[Rogan Hamby]

I don't know of a trivial way to do so.  If you have someone willing to dig
into the code I suspect that's probably set in the staff client though
there might be something else that writes something in in the case of a
null (it can't be null in the database).  I haven't looked, so this is just
me thinking about it.  I suspect that this is doable but not without
someone comfortable with it digging into a bit of Evergreen's guts and
spending some time on it.



On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Walz, Jennifer <jlwalz at asbury.edu> wrote:

>  Kathy,
>
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> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
> *To:* open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] user passwords for accounts - default?
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> 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 –
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>    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.
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>
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>    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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
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York County Library System

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