Reset customer password from admin

Does anybody know if someone has tackeld this problem or put in a feature request?

It would save a lot of time if there was a way to reset a customers password from the admin side of the site. Doing it through a mysql statement is not something I want a csr to be able to do. Has anybody requested this in the past and am I just being a nudge?

Does anybody else think this would be helpful?

The Forgotten Password doesn't work?

This will reset the password for the customer and email it to them ...

This works for about 90% of customers, but invariably there will be a few that either can't copy the new password in properly or don't get the reset email./ I find myself resetting their passwords for them to something common which they can go in and change later.

It always ends up in my lap though because I am the only one here who knows how to md5 a password or work in phpmyadmin. Xt cookmmerce threw the ability to do this in their admin and I thought it was a nice feature so I thought I would see if it was something that anyone had thought about or worked on

Hi there
Not sure what would change if you reset a password via the admin panel. We us the master password contribution so we can log into any customer's account if we need to (eg process a faxed order). On the odd occasion where we want to reset a customer's password we change the email address in admin to our own email, then reset theire password (which is emailled to us) and then change customer's email back to what it was.

That is an interesting way of solving the problem, I end up resetting passwords two or three times a week.

I know the reset password from the front end works for most people and I am quite sure that the people that it doesn't work for are probably human error. I am also positive that the people it doesn't work for don't end up buying and the few that do call to get help do end up purchasing.

The way I would like it to work is that in the customers admin area, when you click on the customer's name, you would have another button off to the right that would allow you to reset their password to a ord of your choice, or just add the password fields to the edit view.

I guess this isn't much of a problem for other people so I guess I will just mod it for my own sites.

Thanks to all who responded.

If you create this, will you share it please? I think it is a great idea. Some of us do get customers that are not very computer saavy and need assistance with copy and paste.

Thanks!

I, too, have to change manually the passwords of several customers on regular basis.

There is a fast way to do so: if you install the master password contribution, you can login to any customer's account, go to the "change password" menu and change it directly there (use the master password when asked the previous password of the customer, it will work)...

Don't forget to delete the cookies, otherwise you can not connect to another account from the same computer...

sanji

sanji:

I, too, have to change manually the passwords of several customers on regular basis.

There is a fast way to do so: if you install the master password contribution, you can login to any customer's account, go to the "change password" menu and change it directly there (use the master password when asked the previous password of the customer, it will work)...

Don't forget to delete the cookies, otherwise you can not connect to another account from the same computer...

sanji

Yes, that worked for me. Obvious when you think about it.

Many thanks for the help.:blink:

Nedward:

Yes, that worked for me. Obvious when you think about it.

Many thanks for the help.:blink:

I am getting this problem all the time, please could someone simplify how you install the master password contribution?

Very much appreciated for any reply'

Copy and paste the contents of pass.sql into Admin - Tools - Install SQL Patches then click Send.

Then drag and drop the 'includes' folder in the mod to the root dirctory of your site.

I tried logging in to the customer's account with the master password and resetting it from there but it did not work using the master password as the customer's password. I cleared cookies and still not working for me.

Anybody found a solution to this?

I also currently login with master password, but the whole process is time consuming.

I think the best option would be on the customers screen in admin you press a button and it changes the customer password to something common, such as 'password.' Shouldn't be terribly difficult, except for the whole encrypted part.

If anyone thinks they can do this, but needs a little motivation let me know and I will post it in the commercial section.

-lindasdd

Google and ye shall find:

http://customscriptz.com/wiki/Admin_Reset_Customer_Password

Mods that is a link to an outside site with a paid module.

-lindasdd

NEW MODULE from Le Brand Real IT Solutions :

Change any customers password easily, directly from Admin !

Just download and install the attached zip file.

Tested on 1.3.9h and working fine.

Very simple module that should work an any 1.3.x version.

Thanks,

Le Brand Real IT Solutions - Charis Chrisochoou

GREECE

lebrand2006:

NEW MODULE from Le Brand Real IT Solutions :

Change any customers password easily, directly from Admin !

Just download and install the attached zip file.

Tested on 1.3.9h and working fine.

Very simple module that should work an any 1.3.x version.

Thanks,

Le Brand Real IT Solutions - Charis Chrisochoou

GREECE

Hi, sorry for my bad english... I had install your module...
Then where i can change the password? If I go in the modify of the customer i don't see the box for change password...

Sorry for last message...Now I see "Change Password" in TOOLS of "ADMIN".... good module....
But there is a problem...it's not possible search a customer....I have 2400 customers...and it's impossible...
Now for to find a customer you need see all the page that there are in "Change Password"....Ist' possible put a "search" in the
"Change password" ???
Tks..

lebrand2006:

NEW MODULE from Le Brand Real IT Solutions :

Change any customers password easily, directly from Admin !

Just download and install the attached zip file.

Tested on 1.3.9h and working fine.

Very simple module that should work an any 1.3.x version.

Thanks,

Le Brand Real IT Solutions - Charis Chrisochoou

GREECE

Does not support table prefixes. Uses only zenDB.customers and failes with a zenDB.prefix_customers convention.

studiogrynn:

Does not support table prefixes. Uses only zenDB.customers and failes with a zenDB.prefix_customers convention.

Find in admin/passchange.php:

  $action = (isset($_GET['action']) ? $_GET['action'] : '');
```Below it add: ```php
$passchangeCust = (DB_PREFIX.'customers');
```Change (what is now around line 34) from ```php
$db->Execute("UPDATE customers
```To: ```php
$db->Execute("UPDATE $passchangeCust
```And change (approx line 94) ```php
  $passchange_query_raw = "select customers_id, customers_lastname, customers_firstname, customers_email_address from customers order by customers_id";
```To read: ```php
  $passchange_query_raw = "select customers_id, customers_lastname, customers_firstname, customers_email_address from $passchangeCust order by customers_id";
```I have tested this only on my installation. Your experience may vary.

Question. Is there a way to add the option to be able to find the customers name? Especially if you have over 6,000 members. It makes it very difficult to find them.

By the way, thank you so much for offering this for free. It works great. Just need to be able to look up the customers. :clap:

I also meant to say thank you to Studio for the fix posted. I went ahead and fixed those spots before I uploaded. It works great.