Password Reset

[aarondmills]

I have attempted to create a password reset process for users that make a mistake on signup, or forget their password. It seems though that simply updating the attributes of the identity model where the password is stored does not work.

Does anyone have a good solution for this?

[mrnbrkt]

Are you setting the password_confirmation field too?

Assuming you are resetting the password programmatically and not in a form, you have to take care of that instead of the user, Otherwise changes will not be saved to database as validation of password confirmation will fail.

[daidekman]

Aaron - I have the same question. I've used the railscasts to setup omniauth-identity which works great. Then I've tried the railscast for password reset, but I know that the controller and form aren't right to update the identity model and change the password. Were you able to find a solution for this? Any help is most welcome!

[wdspkr]

Once you understand that omniauth-identity is using ActiveModel's SecurePassword it's really easy to solve this.
Instead of setting the password_digest you just set password and password_confirmation and update.
Like so:

@identity = Identity.find(1)
@identity.password = "newpassword"
@identity.password_confirmation = "newpassword"
@identity.save

[mrnbrkt]

Yep, just like I said :)

[pboling]

@identity = Identity.find(1)
@identity.password = "newpassword"
@identity.password_confirmation = "newpassword"
@identity.save

Should work. Closing. If still an issue please write a failing spec!