[Zope] changing user's passwords

[Paul Everitt]

While I can't talk about how to do it *now*, I can talk about what's
coming for Zope 1.11/2.0 and beyond.

First, with the idea of "owner" introduced, you can turn over finer
grained parts of an object system.

Also, I believe we'll change the User objects to be Z Classes, meaning
you can easily extend them via the Control Panel.  For instance, you
could theoretically move the password to a separate Property Sheet where
the Owner has the permission to edit stuff on the Property Sheet,
leaving Roles on a Property Sheet where they don't have permission.

Lots of hand-waving and future-itis here, but neat nonetheless.

--Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: reedstrm@wallace.ece.rice.edu
> [mailto:reedstrm@wallace.ece.rice.edu]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 7:08 PM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] changing user's passwords
> 
> 
> O.k. - 
> Anybody got a method for letting Zope User's manage their own
> passwords? I've got everything else covered (or put off) in my little
> project, and now I realize I'm the only one who can set 
> passwords. Don't
> want to give everyone manage_users privilige, that's to big 
> and cumbersome.
> 
> So, how about it? I suppose it needs an External Method, or 
> something. It'd
> be nice if the AUTHENTICATED_USER object had a public 
> interface for this:
> something that checked to make sure the current user either 
> had manage_users
> privilige in this folder, or was the current user.
> 
> Ross
> 
> -- 
> Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu> 
> NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
> Computer and Information Technology Institute
> Rice University, 6100 S. Main St.,  Houston, TX 77005
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