[Zope] Newbie: /Manage Password problems

[Chris McDonough]

Note that you can also replace everything following the colon in the
access file with a plaintext password, thus changing the superuser
password.  That works too.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: addyd@unk.edu [mailto:addyd@unk.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 11:22 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Newbie: /Manage Password problems
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You'll want to use the zpasswd.py file included with Zope to 
> change your
> access file:
> 
>      python zpasswd.py access
> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> 
> The fact that the password is encrypted makes the following 
> info on the
> default Zope page pretty useless:
> 
> "You will be prompted for the username and password you used 
> when you ran
> the Zope install utility. If you have forgotten, it is stored 
> in the access
> file in the Zope directory."
> 
> I had assumed (without running it) that zpasswd.py would require me to
> enter the ORIGINAL password in order to change the password. 
> Apparently
> this is incorrect. I'll give it a try.
> 
> Thanks to all the quick responses.
> 
> Darren Addy
> University of Nebraska at Kearney
> 
> 
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