Regarding the ticket: Need way for admin to change a user's password [RA-931]

[menudev (Menuka Weerasooriya)]

Hi there !

I’ve read about the Pull Request tips that were in the link which Daniel sent to me. And I’ve created a branch in my repo, including ticket [RA-931 ]. Also I’ve configured my IDE as in the Developer’s guide and imported the openmrs-core into it and now I’m reading details in this link

How can an Admin Change a User's Password?

In a real-life scenario, users tend to forget their passwords, and contact the admin to help reset them. It appears the policy in OpenMRS 2.3 is for the admin to NOT be able to set a user’s password, beyond the initial account creation. See the discussion the developers had about this here… What is the proper workflow for changing a user’s password when they forget it? The user can’t change their password, unless they know the current password. So, the check-box to “Force Password Change” is…

and also the details in this link.

https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/REST+Web+Services+API+For+Clients

I’ve already built the openmrs-core and ran the web application.

Am I in the correct path​:hushed: ? Can you please help me !

Thank you!

[merovingienne (Chanuka Wijayakoon)]

Pretty much, yes

Since people had conflicting views about this issue previously, you might want to discuss your solution and come to an agreement before you implement something.

[menudev (Menuka Weerasooriya)]

Thank you Chanuka… ! I’ll do that!