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Adding link thru admin .. and password?
Hi!
I have a problem... if i submit ie. yours link (let's say you dont know for my database yet) thru admins creen .. i have to enter linkowner ... then later you get mail that your link is added in my databse and you can modify it ... how can he get password .. if i submit 100 different links .. they all would be enter under my pass !?

Gregor
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Re: [sc2utp] Adding link thru admin .. and password? In reply to
Two suggestions:

1) Enter a unique password every time.
2) Use a random password as the DEFAULT value for the PASSWORD column.
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me
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Hi!
thanx for your reply. My problem becomes later when i want users to modify submition .. you know .. mail all users .. Hi! please modify necessary ...

Then how would they get password for modifying their link ... i guess one solution is also to submit links over browser add form and logout after each submition and then log in and enter their emails .. so they can receive later pass..

umm .. kinda complicated :)

Gregor
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Hi,

You would go to EMail->LinkOwners and send them a message with their <%Username%> and <%Password%> contained in it. From there they could login and modify any links they own.

Cheers,

Alex
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Re: [AnthroRules] Adding link thru admin .. and password? In reply to
Hi eliot!
can u please explain little more in detalis what you meant with your suggestion number 2.

thanx

Gregor
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Re: [sc2utp] Adding link thru admin .. and password? In reply to
i tried to find where to enter random for pass .. but no luck.

thanx in advance

Gregor
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You need to use the RAND function in MySQL as the default value
in the Password field in the Users table via the
Users def file.

Search the Perl, CGI, etc. forum for RAND MySQL,
and you will find a few examples....
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me
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Oops..deleted.

Last edited by:

PaulWilson: Sep 17, 2001, 7:52 AM
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Hi!

here's what i have done ..

MySQL message:
Specification of Column Password of Table Users Has Been Changed.

Field Type Null Key Default Extra ACTION
Username char(50) PRI Change Drop Primary Index Unique
Password char(25) binary rand Change Drop Primary Index Unique

.. since our net is on strike this afternoon i cannot check it out at the moment .. ill check this later ..

bye


Gregor
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Hi Eliot
As i paste above .. that didn't do the trick :(

Gregor