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How i can get-back my lost password ?

2/5/13, 10:39 AM 13,267 views

suppose, if i lost password of admin user then how can i retrieve it? because their is no option show to get it back like "forget your password or lost your password" even after filed login.

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kathan

2/5/13, 11:25 AM

Thanks for reply, but is their any alternate solution when end user can do the same without any technical knowledge?

Camptocamp France SAS, Alexandre Fayolle - Camptocamp

2/5/13, 11:45 AM

which version of OpenERP are you using?

kathan

2/6/13, 9:49 AM

i need solution for both version V6 & V7

Alan Bell

2/6/13, 5:37 PM

it wouldn't be very good if there was! You might be able to get the password through XMLRPC, but I think they are now encrypted (or hashed rather) so you might only be able to reset the password rather than retrieve it

Camptocamp France SAS, Alexandre Fayolle - Camptocamp

2/8/13, 4:49 AM

kathan: I updated my answer with how to configure OpenERP 7 to enable what you want. If you already lost your password, it's too late though, and you'll have to hire a someone to reset things for you, or ask your service provider to do this for you if you don't control your installation.

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--Alexandre Fayolle - Camptocamp--

Alexandre has been working on Odoo at Camptocamp since 2012 as a project manager and technical lead. He is an active actor in the Odoo Community (github projects, mailing lists, IRC...), and wants to build a better ecosystem for Odoo developers. He is a member of the Odoo Community Association board and an active contributor to the OCA projects.

Alexandre Fayolle - Camptocamp

2/5/13, 10:53 AM

If you have access to the database, you can read it with the following SQL query:

select password from res_users where login='admin';

On the other hand, if you have admin access to OpenERP (which requires having the password, which may be too late for you...) you can go to Settings -> Configuration -> General settings, and in the "Portal Access" section, check the "Enable password reset from login page" option. Then you will get a "reset password" link from the login page which will send a link by email to the email address linked with the user attempting to log in, if you have also configured the email gateway. This works in V7.

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Camptocamp France SAS, Alexandre Fayolle - Camptocamp

2/8/13, 4:51 AM

Sorry, I had not noticed Christophe Simonis answer saying basically the same thing as my edited answer.

Jibin

2/11/13, 12:45 AM

The SQL query will work only if 'Password Encryption' module is not installed, otherwise result will be encrpyted (and hence not useful).

Jairo Llopis

12/12/13, 12:51 PM

To do it through one command line just type sudo -u openerp psql --dbname <database> --command "select password from res_users where login='admin';".

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--Fabrice Henrion (fhe)--

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Fabrice Henrion (fhe)

2/5/13, 2:45 PM

In OpenERP 7, go to Settings > Users and select the user you want to reset the password for. You will see a button labeled "Reset password" in the top right corner that will send an email to the email address of the user with a new password.
An email smtp server needs to be set up in OpenERP for this to work.

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Camptocamp SA, Guewen Baconnier

2/8/13, 3:37 AM

He lost the admin user's password, so he can't connect.

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Christophe Simonis (chs)

2/7/13, 6:05 AM

Since version 7.0 this functionality is provided by the module auth_signup.

Once installed you need to go to Settings > General Settings and check the option Enable password reset from Login page.

As Fabrice said, you need to have a outgoing email server configured.

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Jibin

2/11/13, 12:49 AM

Reset password, even if Email is not configured.

In OpenERP 7, go to Settings > Users and select the user you want to reset the password for. In the top click on More -> Change Password.

But this can be done only after login.

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Geetha

8/19/16, 7:20 AM

how can i provide reset password button on landing page for odoo9

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