One time login script "Change Password"

[datacaster]

Hello everyone,
I am curious if there is a way to run a one time script when a user logs in to change their password.

Idea is you have users that are given default passwords to login. When they login I noticed you can run a login script, so it would be nice to run a script that says change password that has the password screen and once they complete it will never run again, but I am guessing it can't be done or is extremely complicated.

I don't see any way to set a value to know they did this unless maybe you create a simple table and that the form gets the user ID and writes username to table and writes a 1 if they complete new password or a 0 if not and at each login the script reads the table and if value 1 it skips prompting to change password and prompts to change password for a value 0 or maybe you can't do anything until you change your password. Just thinking of an approach.

Simple thing is just run a script with message box that every time they login it say "don't forget to change your password on a regular basis and if this is your first login change password now" and two buttons being OK and Change Password, but that could get annoying I guess seeing it every time you login?

Thank you for any thoughts on this matter!
Paul

[Ted Giles]

Re: One time login script "Change Password"

Government requires a 30 day pwd change in the UK.
Suggest an encrypted table with user login credentials.
The pwd field should all be ******* anyway.
Save user pwd at a given date.
If current date minus pwd date > 30 (say), force a pwd change which must not include the last entered 6 (say).
If the table is encrypted, you should be able to restrict access fairly well.

Just to complicate matters, you need a way of checking if two people are using the same password.

[datacaster]

Re: One time login script "Change Password"

Government requires a 30 day pwd change in the UK.
Suggest an encrypted table with user login credentials.
The pwd field should all be ******* anyway.
Save user pwd at a given date.
If current date minus pwd date > 30 (say), force a pwd change which must not include the last entered 6 (say).
If the table is encrypted, you should be able to restrict access fairly well.

Just to complicate matters, you need a way of checking if two people are using the same password.

Funny, thanks for complicating matters.

This table is or is not the actual section used for system security?

I have setup a security page where owner creates groups and users and clicks individual buttons to set security for each form based upon Alpha's security system groups and users to control access to page/form. I also have at same time a hidden square that owner can click on each form to set access privileges there. Trying to decide what makes more sense. A page with each form button to set form access in one place or do it from each form.

Thank you,
Paul

[Ted Giles]

Re: One time login script "Change Password"

If it was my train set, I would have it all on one form for the Admin person.
A list of users, a list of forms, and a list of options re grant or deny.
It's more work but also more simple for the Admin.
The settings in the security should make no difference to which form the logged in user sees. Just that they cannot use some of them.
Investigate Menus. You can control what a person can do by simple code.
Start with RightClick menu creation, I suggest.

Martin Wilson has done an excellent one page admin in the past.