Password Change Required?
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Well that sounds like a good bug report is in order that does (-;
Yes, it seems the system just wanted users to go through the process, the actual changing of the password is not necessary.
There was no link in the message for me to change my password.
I ended up putting in a wrong password so I could get access the the "forgot password" which got me a couple of emails with a temp password, then after I finally got logged in I changed it to one of my liking.
I ended up putting in a wrong password so I could get access the the "forgot password" which got me a couple of emails with a temp password, then after I finally got logged in I changed it to one of my liking.
The same thing for me. I don't like having to click "here". It appears spammy like getting an email that says to change your bank password, click "here". Mine didn't say my password expired, just that I had to change it. I'd rather go to my profile or settings and change my password there.
I also had to sign in again on a different computer. It seems like the "remember me" check box is missing in the new ECF skin? Or did I just miss seeing it somewhere?
Same here Wow.
I use the older skin. When I go to log in I get just what you describe.
To get around this I log in and then immediately log out.
At that point after logging out I'm seeing the "old" skin that does show the Remember Me field. Check it and log in again and then I'm good to go.
What happened is complicated...
We have changed hosting twice in the last few months, and the database somehow got 'cleaned up'.
Our normal password reset requirement, staggered, for different usergroups, got 'lost'.
The default setting on the forum software is 6 months and that is time that just expired since a previous reset.
So the forum had a headache and decided everyone needed a p/w reset.
It's obvious that a new pass is needed, not a recycle of the old one, so this is a software fault.
Our forum software, vBulletin, isn't properly maintained anymore - you have to find a coder who can rebuild it if you need anything done.
We really need to migrate to a newer, properly-maintained application like XenForo - but this would cause some downtime.
We'd also probably lose some features till we could get them coded back in.
Me, I'd move tomorrow - but members would complain about things looking different or working funny
I'm hoping we can build a test install of a new forum application, work it up to go-live status, and switch across. Maybe it's a pipedream.
People: go here and download Keepass
Downloads - KeePass
Or Roboform (max 10 passwords for the free version)
Password Manager Download - RoboForm
Or try Lastpass
https://lastpass.com/misc_download.php
I don't know how anyone can remember all the passwords you need now.
Don't EVER under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES use the same pass on two different sites.
Any password you can remember probably isn't a good password.
Here is a good password that will work in most places:
cU3n61vBj5bSXPRj9ha7Qt28dkGjPA2
[it's an example - don't use this!]
Some places need a short password so just chop it short.
Some places need a symbol in there ($, *, & etc)
Some places can't accept a pass with a symbol.
Passwords without symbols are just as strong but you need to make them longer.
A password under about 100 bits in strength is too weak for any site you deem important (bank, social security site, ECF)
Don't use the password above, dummy
We have changed hosting twice in the last few months, and the database somehow got 'cleaned up'.
Our normal password reset requirement, staggered, for different usergroups, got 'lost'.
The default setting on the forum software is 6 months and that is time that just expired since a previous reset.
So the forum had a headache and decided everyone needed a p/w reset.
It's obvious that a new pass is needed, not a recycle of the old one, so this is a software fault.
Our forum software, vBulletin, isn't properly maintained anymore - you have to find a coder who can rebuild it if you need anything done.
We really need to migrate to a newer, properly-maintained application like XenForo - but this would cause some downtime.
We'd also probably lose some features till we could get them coded back in.
Me, I'd move tomorrow - but members would complain about things looking different or working funny
I'm hoping we can build a test install of a new forum application, work it up to go-live status, and switch across. Maybe it's a pipedream.
People: go here and download Keepass
Downloads - KeePass
Or Roboform (max 10 passwords for the free version)
Password Manager Download - RoboForm
Or try Lastpass
https://lastpass.com/misc_download.php
I don't know how anyone can remember all the passwords you need now.
Don't EVER under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES use the same pass on two different sites.
Any password you can remember probably isn't a good password.
Here is a good password that will work in most places:
cU3n61vBj5bSXPRj9ha7Qt28dkGjPA2
[it's an example - don't use this!
]Some places need a short password so just chop it short.
Some places need a symbol in there ($, *, & etc)
Some places can't accept a pass with a symbol.
Passwords without symbols are just as strong but you need to make them longer.
A password under about 100 bits in strength is too weak for any site you deem important (bank, social security site, ECF)
Don't use the password above, dummy
Yes - there are a whole bunch of things we'd like to do and this is one of them.
Unfortunately vBulletin is RIP and we need to move. Patching it up isn't really the answer.
What happened is complicated...
We have changed hosting twice in the last few months, and the database somehow got 'cleaned up'.
Our normal password reset requirement, staggered, for different usergroups, got 'lost'.
The default setting on the forum software is 6 months and that is time that just expired since a previous reset.
So the forum had a headache and decided everyone needed a p/w reset.
It's obvious that a new pass is needed, not a recycle of the old one, so this is a software fault.
Our forum software, vBulletin, isn't properly maintained anymore - you have to find a coder who can rebuild it if you need anything done.
We really need to migrate to a newer, properly-maintained application like XenForo - but this would cause some downtime.
We'd also probably lose some features till we could get them coded back in.
Me, I'd move tomorrow - but members would complain about things looking different or working funny
People: go here and download Keepass
Downloads - KeePass
Or Roboform (max 10 passwords for the free version)
Password Manager Download - RoboForm
Or try Lastpass
https://lastpass.com/misc_download.php
I don't know how anyone can remember all the passwords you need now.
Don't EVER under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES use the same pass on two different sites.
Any password you can remember probably isn't a good password.
Here is a good password that will work in most places:
cU3n61vBj5bSXPRj9ha7Qt28dkGjPA2
[it's an example - don't use this!
Some places need a short password so just chop it short.
Some places need a symbol in there ($, *, & etc)
Some places can't accept a pass with a symbol.
Passwords without symbols are just as strong but you need to make them longer.
A password under about 100 bits in strength is too weak for any site you deem important (bank, social security site, ECF)
Don't use the password above, dummy
About how much time you talking about? I realize things rarely go as planned, but just curious.
best app I have ever used outside of Adobe ... has got to be 1Password.
Like Adobe, I need 1Password on my Mac and my iPhone ... truly a great App created by a couple of Canadian dudes
I don't even know my own passwords (more than 100 PWs) unless I look them up within the app.
Like Adobe, I need 1Password on my Mac and my iPhone ... truly a great App created by a couple of Canadian dudes
I don't even know my own passwords (more than 100 PWs) unless I look them up within the app.
vBulletin is dead, long live the vBulletin....
Shame, really comfortable with vBulletin. So it goes.
Oh my lord the grousing and complaining there's gonna be when new software is found and moved to!
When this does happen I promise not to be amongst the whiners and complainers!!
Shame, really comfortable with vBulletin. So it goes.
Oh my lord the grousing and complaining there's gonna be when new software is found and moved to!
When this does happen I promise not to be amongst the whiners and complainers!!
Yep, if it needs to be done, it needs to be done, and we will just have to deal with it.
We would go live with a pre-built forum. There would be some glitches for a couple of weeks. There would be complaints for at least a month due to things not being exactly the same. The staff would be complaining more than most because they have a difficult job - more difficult than you can imagine - and things would be difficult for them for a couple of months.
After 6 months everyone will be saying why the hell didn't we do this a long time ago. It always ends up like that; we hang on to what we've got wayyyy too long, because we've got comfortable with it and we can't see its faults any more. When it's time to move on, it's time to move on.
it think the change will be hard very hard for most of us but the real reason of ECF is to help those ones new to the vaping world and I think they need a forum easy to surf not this one that is becoming like an old turtle in a large road
Might as well do it. I would think it would be easier now than futz around with it too much longer, and things get worse.
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