manually create passwords?

[Lawrence Lee]

Hi Rick,

We're looking into supporting a server preference to restore this function
for all Manila sites on a server.

But as a workaround, you can enable this on a per-site basis.

Open the Frontier application window. 

Choose Window->manilaWebsites.root

Find the site table where you want to enable the password field on the Add
member form.

Then expand the site table, then expand the #newssite table.

Choose Table->New Sub-table

Call it "accessControl"

Choose Table->New Scalar->Boolean

Call the value "flAddUserFormPassword"

Set it to True.

Open the Admin page and check that you have a password field. By default, it
will generate a random password that you can choose to use or just replace
it if you want to use an alternate password.

Lawrence Lee
UserLand Software
www.userland.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: manila-users-bounces at userland.com
[mailto:manila-users-bounces at userland.com] On Behalf Of Rick Barter
Sent: June 14, 2005 6:12 PM
To: Manila-Users at userland.com
Subject: manually create passwords?

9.5 seems to have removed the capability of manually assigning passwords to
new editors via editors only menu/admin.

Is there a way to re=implement this or work around this. Working with
students who do not have own email accounts, this capability is essential.

Thanks,


Rick Barter
Technology Educator/Coordinator
Conners Emerson School
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
rbarter at u98.k12.me.us
http://www.emerson.u98.k12.me.us