Question

After running BulkResetPassword, emails disappeared from .htpasswd. I first noticed after retrying BulkResetPassword, because TWiki complained about missing email addresses.

Environment

So, as stated in the form above, we're running Windows. Also, we're passing authentication/authorization to mod_sspi. I put both because I haven't actually managed to let the user browse without authenticating - not a problem with IE transparent auth, but a bit annoying with Mozilla (especially if you happen to get your pass wrong).

I started out with BulkRegistration, registered my users and confirmed that the UserTopic had been created for each. I entered 'FirstName','LastName','LoginName'(NT login), 'WikiName' and 'Email' in UnprocessedRegistrations. As expected, 'Email' did not get into the UserForm - neither did the LoginName or the WikiName.

Then I sent the BulkResetPassword command. Stupid, I know, but it took me the walk home and fresh air to realise this TWiki doesn't store passwords. Anyway, I had already spent some hours trying to figure out why the emails were missing from .htpasswd.

Well, the thing is, my impulse to provide passwords came from the fact that I had a registered user (by me, with the bulk tool) reporting that her name came as "NTDOMAIN\username", instead of the WikiName or First+Last which I see in my workstation. I thought, "registration and password, that's the fix!". Unfortunately, with this sspi auth I can only test my own user.

So, is this a bug or did I strike at the feature fringe, by trying to have TWiki create passwords? It is indeed a peculiar thing, because it's not the first time it's come along - though the first time it was with a single user.

-- RenatoSerodio - 12 Apr 2006

Answer

If you answer a question - or have a question you asked answered by someone - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status is in a drop-down list below the edit box.

This is a known problem, which was fixed in 4.0.2. See http://develop.twiki.org/~develop/cgi-bin/view/Bugs/Item1636

-- CrawfordCurrie - 24 Apr 2006