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Boa
Boa

Reputation: 2677

Adding password change field to form created by auth.profile()?

Is there a simple/recommended way to let the user change the password with the form generated by auth.profile()? I'm looking at the def profile() code in gluon/auth.py, and the table_user[passfield].writable = False line suggests that this form isn't used for changing the password, yet it seems like it should have this functionality.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 175

Answers (1)

Anthony
Anthony

Reputation: 25536

web2py's Auth system includes a separate Auth.change_password() method specifically for changing the password (rather than including just a single password field, it also includes fields for the old password and to confirm the new password). In the scaffolding application, it is accessible via /default/user/change_password, and it is included as a menu option in auth.navbar().

If you want a single form that includes the profile and password change functionality, you will have to code your own custom action. You could simply create a form that includes all the user fields (including the password field) via SQLFORM(db.auth_user). However, if you want to require and then validate the old password and a confirmation of the new password, you will need to customize the form and code the validation logic yourself.

Upvotes: 1

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