Change Password of Other Members as Admin

[telpeath]

Code: JPMaster's Login Script with Admin Features.
Title: Change Password of Other Members as Admin
Inquiry:

Hello. Alright, so i have been searching around but i cannot seem to find my answer. In JP's script, it has a mailing system that sends out the emails when members forget their password. However, my hosting service does not allow emails or submission forms to be sent. Therefore, i had to think of a new way to acquire members passwords for them. At first i thought of trying to decode the encrypted password, but it is md5 and pretty hard to decode. Thats when i thought of this:

Is there a way to have a form on the admin section that would ask me for the members username. Then it would ask for the new password. When i click submit, it would find that user and replace his or her password with a new encrypted password that i know. When the member comes back on with the code, they can change it again. Is there some way i can do that. OR is there a way that i can have a section where i type in the members username. By default i already have a "forgot password" password in the code. When i click this button it would replace their current code with the "forgot password" password. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thank you in advance!

-Telpeath

[dagon]

easy, move hosts, i cant imagine one that does not let you send email.

update user set password=md5(new_password) where user=$user

[telpeath]

So how would one write that type of coding into this:

<form action="process.php" method="POST">
<table style="font: 12px Georgia;" align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td>Current Password:</td>
<td><input type="password" name="curpass" maxlength="30" value="
<?echo $form->value("curpass"); ?>"></td>
<td><? echo $form->error("curpass"); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Password:</td>
<td><input type="password" name="newpass" maxlength="30" value="
<? echo $form->value("newpass"); ?>"></td>
<td><? echo $form->error("newpass"); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><? echo $form->error("email"); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">
<input type="hidden" name="subedit" value="1">
<input type="submit" value="Edit Account"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

Except Current Password would be user.

Well, its free hosting, so i am getting what i deserve i guess.

[dagon]

while i have done exactly what you want with that very script, move hosts, its just not worth dealing with one that disables the basics, who knows what else they have disabled

[telpeath]

I actually just now figured out a way. What i did was got rid of the forgot password page and put it within my admin page (only viewable by me). Then what i simply do is enter the name and it will adjust the password to being a preset password. The user will have to change it when they log back on though.

Thank you though for your help!

[dagon]

wont work, if the sites not sending email, then they wont know what the new one is, actully they will never know what the original one is either as its sent by email and not stored in plain text.

[telpeath]

well, if they register, they will know what it is, because you can log in shortly after registration. If they change it, i will send an email to them using my own websites email address (not on hosting).