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Questions tagged [change-password]

This tag refers to the process of setting a new password on a system, thereby making the old password obsolete and no longer usable.

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How can I change a PostgreSQL user password?

How do I change the password for a PostgreSQL user?
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How do I update the password for Git?

I'm using BitBucket with Xcode and Git for version control, and recently I changed all of my passwords (thanks Adobe!). Unsurprisingly, I'm no longer able to push my local commits to my repository on BitBucket (Authentication failed for…
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Git credential helper - update password

I'm currently using GitHub over HTTPS and have the latest version of Git installed (1.9.0) along with the Git credential helper on Windows 7. On setting up my environment, I told git-credentials to permanently remember my username and password. I've…
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How do I turn off the mysql password validation?

It seems that I may have inadvertently loaded the password validation plugin in MySQL 5.7. This plugin seems to force all passwords to comply to certain rules. I would like to turn this off. I've tried changing the validate_password_length variable…
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Can't reset root password with --skip-grant-tables on ubuntu 16

I am trying to reset the root password following MysqlPasswordReset but when I try to start the server with --skip-grant-tables the server doesn't start Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64) mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.17, for…
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asp.net membership change password without knowing old one

Evaluting the method signature, it is required to know old password while changing it. membershipUser.ChangePassword(userWrapper.OldPassword, userWrapper.Password) Is there any way to change password without knowing old one.
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Forgot Password: what is the best method of implementing a forgot password function?

I'm wondering what the best method is for creating a forgot password function on a website. I have seen quite a few out there, here are a few or combination of: passphrase question / answer (1 or more) send email with new password on screen give…
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autocomplete=new-password and making them confirm it via entering the password again

html5 now has some new attribute values for the autocomplete attribute to assist user-agents when autofilling forms. One of the new values, new-password, is used to tell the user agent to enter a new password, opposed to the user's current password.…
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ASP.NET membership password expiration

I am using ASP.NET membership for the authentication of my web app. This worked great for me. I now have to implement password expiration. If the password has expired the user should be redirected to ChangePassword screen and should not be allowed…
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Docker Gitlab change forgotten root password

I'm running my Gitlab with Docker and I forgot my Gitlab root password. How to change it ?
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Changing the password in MongoDB for existing user

I have production environment where my mongoDB is up and running and DBAs are asking us to change the password which we use for authentication. One way to do this is run the addUser command again with a new password as described in change password…
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Implementing forgot password functionality in Java

I am currently implementing a forgot password function in a Java project. my methodology is, User clicks the forgot password link. In the forgot password page, system prompts the user to enter the email address he/she has registered in to the…
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Create Account, Forgot Password and Change Password

Spring Security is great when the developer wants to secure his web app. However, what about creating the account? and "forgot password"? most login pages have these links as well as the username and password fields. Spring's default login-page does…
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How to edit the limit of attempts to change a password in AWS Cognito?

I have implemented a change password feature and now I would like to test it. But I’m facing the limit of attempts. What should I do to prevent this error? Attempt limit exceeded, please try after some time
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Forcing user to change expired password in spring security

I am building spring mvc and spring security based web based application. I have implemented Reset Password functionality.System Administrator will reset password of any user .Random generated password will be emailed to user and same will be…
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