[Catalyst] Change user password

[Kiffin Gish]

Thanks Bogdan, works like a charm!

I noticed that the following also works:

$c->authenticate( { username => $username, password => $password_old },
'users');

Do they result in the same actions?

On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 18:25 +0200, Bogdan Lucaciu wrote:
> I think you're best off using 'check_password' from Credential::Password
> 
> Take a look at it:
> http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10016/lib/Catalyst/Authentication/Credential/Password.pm
> 
> Assuming the user is authenticated, you should try:
> 
> $c->get_auth_realm('default')->credential->check_password($c->user,
> {password=>$pass});
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl> wrote:
> > I want to give users the ability to change their password via the usual
> > web form:
> >
> > current password: _______
> > new password:     _______
> > re-type:          _______
> >
> > How do I check that the current password is has been typed in correctly,
> > and if it is, how do I put the new password into effect (as if he/she
> > has re-logged in with it)?
> >
> > Is this something that $c->authenticate can help me with, how then?
> >
> > --
> > Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> > Gouda, The Netherlands
> >
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Kiffin Gish <Kiffin.Gish at planet.nl>
Gouda, The Netherlands