Create account - password

[Dgriff]

Hi

When I create a test account for myself, I insert a password in the field but when I receive my welcome email the password looks like it's a generated email (different from the email I created). Is there a way to make the welcome email show the email I created in create account rather than the one generated by oscmax? It might be a bit confusing for customers. Thanks

[Dgriff]

Hi

When I create a test account for myself, I insert a password in the field but when I receive my welcome email the password looks like it's a generated email (different from the email I created). Is there a way to make the welcome email show the email I created in create account rather than the one generated by oscmax? It might be a bit confusing for customers. Thanks

sorry, I was rushing out the door as I typed the above message! "email" should be replaced with "password" in a couple of places!.....so my question should read:


When I create a test account for myself, I insert a password in the field but when I receive my welcome email the password looks like it's a generated password (different from the password I created). Is there a way to make the welcome email show the password I created in create account rather than the one generated by oscmax? It might be a bit confusing for customers. Thanks

[Dgriff]

Hi
I still cant fix this problem. When I create a test account for myself, I insert a password in the field but when I receive my welcome email the password looks like it's a generated password (different from the password I created). I assume it's the same for customers when they create their own account. Is there a way to make the welcome email show the password that is put in by the customer in "create account" rather than the one generated by oscmax? The password I created in "create account" doesn't work but the generated password I receive in the welcome email works.

Thanks

[pgmarshall]

Dgriff,

I have just tested this on v2.0.4 and v2.1 and I can not repeat your experience. The password I enter is emailed to me and works.

Which version of osCmax are you running? Are you talking about the store side and not the admin side?

Regards,

[Dgriff]

Thanks for your reply. The version I'm running is v2.0.25. When I create an account in the admin side I input a password at the bottom of the page. When I receive my welcome email the password is different than the password I inputted in "create account" in the admin side. The password I receive in this email works when logging in. The password I created when I created the account in the admin side doesn't work. I haven't tested this on the store side yet.

[pgmarshall]

The store side works fine - that is the bit I just tested.

I am however, a bit confused by what you are doing ...

In the admin section:

Open Administrator Menu --> Member Groups --> New Member -->

Then in the right hand column:

Add username, Firstname, Lastname and Email address (and set the group level) ... I don't see anywhere to set the password ...

Where are you setting the password?

The email should be generated by the system and emailed out the user. When they log in they can change it to a more suitable one if they want.

Regards,

[Dgriff]

In the admin area I go to Customers >> Create Account. At the bottom of this form it asks for a password. The password I put in here doesn't work when I try to login but the automated password I get in the welcome email works.

[pgmarshall]

Hmmm ... I now see your problem ... in v2.0.4 there is no password field.

The password should definitely be generated by the system and emailed out to prevent possible fraud by administrators so I suspect the password fields should not be there.

I will take a look and see when the code was introduced ...

Regards,

[pgmarshall]

I believe you have found a bug ...

Google code shows that in r351 the /* comment tags were removed from admin/create_account.php which will mean that the password fields are displayed.

Also in admin/create_account_process.php line 123 is commented out which is the bit that inserts the password you enter in the field at the bottom of the create account page.

If you want to use the password you enter then simply uncomment line 123 and 361 and comment out line 360.

If you want to use the auto-generated password then re-instate the /* and */ removed in r351 which enclosed the password section.

Can you report this as a bug in the BugTracker and I will fix soon.

The functionality probably should be that if you enter a password then it is used and sent to the client otherwise the system generates a random one for you and sends that.

Regards,

[Dgriff]

If you want to use the password you enter then simply uncomment line 123 and 361 and comment out line 360.

My line 123 looks like this:

  $dob = tep_db_prepare_input($HTTP_POST_VARS['dob']);

but my line 128 looks like this:

  //$password = tep_db_prepare_input($HTTP_POST_VARS['password']);

I think this is the one I need to comment out. What does your lines 360 and 361 look like? Thanks