[AGENCY-devel] New: "Reset your own password!" and "Kiosk mode"

[Ken T. <ken...@gm...>]

If you are someone who has administered AGENCY (or an AGENCY-like 
program), you may have encountered a user or users informing you they 
were unable to log in, and needing you to drop everything and help them 
immediately.  On one or more occasions, you may have wished you could 
tell them to "do it yourself," with the "and leave me alone" clause 
remaining silently inside your head.

Well I'm happy to say that AGENCY will now allow users to reset their 
own passwords.  I realize that similar systems abound, and my attempts 
to patent this new feature may not be successful.  Nonetheless, it 
should make things easier for both users and administrators.

On the login page, there's a "forgot my password" link, which brings you 
to the new stuff.  It hasn't been CSSed at all, so it's really plain 
looking (but if anyone wants to help with that...).  The chances are 
high that it could be implemented more securely, or efficiently, but it 
does seem to work ok.  With a little tweaking, new staff accounts can 
automatically send password links as well.  (*THIS IS ENABLED BY DEFAULT 
so if you don't want it, you must actively disable it.*)

The kiosk mode lets you run AGENCY without anyone being logged into it, 
and runs as a defined user.  To configure it, see the AG_KIOSK_MODE and 
AG_KIOSK_USER settings.

I've also done a bunch of appearance cleanups, trying to use screen 
space better, and jamming a few different sys admin options into what 
was the top auth box.

Let me know if you find any issues with any of this.  Thanks.

Ken

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