mod_email_pass

Introduction

This module aims to help in the procedure of user password restoration. To start the restoration, the user must go to an URL provided by this module, fill the JID and email and submit the request.

The module will generate a token valid for 24h and send an email with a specially crafted url to the vCard email address. If the user goes to this url, will be able to change his password.

Usage

Simply add “email_pass” to your modules_enabled list and copy files “mod_email_pass.lua” and “vcard.lib.lua” to prosody modules folder. This module need to that https_host or http_host must be configured. This parameter is necessary to construct the URL that has been sended to the user.

This module only send emails to the vCard user email address, then the user must set this address in order to be capable of do the restoration.

Configuration

smtp_server The Host/ip of your SMTP server
smtp_port Port used by your SMTP server. Default 25
smtp_ssl Use of SMTP SSL legacy (No STARTTLS)
smtp_user Username used to do SMTP auth
smtp_pass Password used to do SMTP auth
smtp_address EMail address that will be apears as From in mails
msg_subject Subject used for messages/mails
msg_body Message send when password has been changed
url_path Path where the module will be visible. Default /resetpass/

Compatibility

0.9 Works

Installation

With the plugin installer in Prosody 0.12 you can use:

sudo prosodyctl install --server=https://modules.prosody.im/rocks/ mod_email_pass

For earlier versions see the documentation for installing 3rd party modules