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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Fedora reset root password Post 302489954 by fpmurphy on Saturday 22nd of January 2011 11:53:33 PM
Old 01-23-2011
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Code:
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/pam.d/passwd

 

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Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::View(3pm)	User Contributed Perl Documentation	Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::View(3pm)

NAME
Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::View - views for password plugin DESCRIPTION
This provides the templates for the pages and forms used by the password authentication plugin. TEMPLATES
signup Displays a sign-up form. login Displays the login form. login_widget A handy template for embedding the login form. Just include it in your templates via: show('/login_widget'); See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::Login. let/reset_lost_password After requesting a password reset and clicking on the link sent by email, this receives that click and provides the form for resetting the password. See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Action::ResetLostPassword. let/confirm_email Handles the work of confirming an email address for a new account. See Jifty::Plugin::Authenticaiton::Password::View. lost_password Starts the process of sending a link to reset a lost password by email. See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::SendPasswordReminder. resend_confirmation Request a new email confirmation message be sent to your email account. See Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Action::ResendConfirmation. SEE ALSO
Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password, Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::Dispatcher LICENSE
Jifty is Copyright 2005-2010 Best Practical Solutions, LLC. Jifty is distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.14.2 2010-12-10 Jifty::Plugin::Authentication::Password::View(3pm)
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