<div dir="ltr">Alex,<div><br></div><div>I finally resolved the issue by setting up the password for use root using this command:</div><div><br></div><div><div>perl -I/opt/rt4/local/lib -I/opt/rt4/lib \</div><div> -MRT -MRT::User \</div><div> -e'RT::LoadConfig();RT::Init(); my $u = RT::User->new($RT::SystemUser); $u->Load("root"); $u->SetPassword("secret")'</div></div><div><br></div><div>borrowed from here: <a href="http://requesttracker.wikia.com/wiki/RecoverRootPassword">http://requesttracker.wikia.com/wiki/RecoverRootPassword</a></div><div><br></div><div>and then logging in as root. As soon as I did I saw the tabs for password entry and was able to set a password for the user in question.</div><div><br></div><div>I guess the question still remains, what is the rational behind me being unable to do so just as a user with admin privileges.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Boris.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Boris Epstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:borepstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">borepstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Alex,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply.</div><div><br></div><div>We actually do import passwords from LDAP for users that are in LDAP. But is it possible to also have users who are not in LDAP - and be able to change their passwords? I am sorry, I must be missing something but I still don't quite see the logic of the arrangement in place.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Boris.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Alex Peters <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@peters.net" target="_blank">alex@peters.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The discussion thread you've linked to concerns LDAP, and doesn't seem relevant to your case.<div><br></div><div>If you have the correct privileges (which you seem to), the Modify screen for another user will have three password boxes: the top one for you to confirm your password, and the bottom two to actually change the user's password. I assume that the requirement to enter your own password at this stage is for added security, i.e. to prevent someone else using your logged-in account to gain access to other people's accounts.</div><div><br></div><div>Does this resolve things?</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 January 2015 at 14:27, Boris Epstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:borepstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">borepstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>I am a user who has administrative privileges within my RT installation. That is usually enough but now an situation has come up that I need to alter an RT password for a user and it has turned out that I need to do that but can't - at least not easily.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a discussion I found on the topic:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/rt/users/99177" target="_blank">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/rt/users/99177</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>So it looks like I need to either create/activate user "root" and create a password for that user (not sure exactly how to do that) or I need to change my own password - why should I?</div><div><br></div><div>At any rate, any insight into what the logic is behind things being this way would be very helpful. Same for practical advice on how to set things up in such a way that admin users can modify other users' passwords by default though the web GUI.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Boris.</div></div>
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