[kde] [Bug 485423] New: [Feature Request] [Discussion] Remember/change password

[Angel Docampo]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485423

            Bug ID: 485423
           Summary: [Feature Request] [Discussion] Remember/change
                    password
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: docampo.angel at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

I usually face low-level users (the kind of users who write their passwords on
a post-it) who don’t use their computer in a daily basis, and sometimes they
call me because they forgot their password. I can do nothing besides tell them
to bring their computer and I will reset the password with the live CD method.

On Windows, they can use the 3 secret questions method for local accounts, and
if you use an online account, you can reset your password though email
validation or other methods, mac also offers some options to reset a forgotten
password.

Obviously, those OSes are targeted to less tech-savy users, but I think it
would be nice to offer a solution on Linux. The three secret questions seems to
be the easiest one to develop, but sddm and the underlying desktop environment
(or window manager) perhaps needs to be in “harmony”. At least, sddm should be
able to change the user’s password if they answer the three questions, on the
other hand, there should be a “wizard” asking for those questions inside the
desktop (a secondary application).

I think devs from at least KDE and SDDM should agree to do their part of the
job, KDE devs to do the wizard, and SDDM the logic to remember/reset the
password using the secret questions entered by the user.

What do you think? It’s this even doable? I’m going to open this discussion as
well on SDDM’s github https://github.com/sddm/sddm/issues/1913 because I think
this cannot be implemented lonely by Plasma devs.

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