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Admin: reset another user’s password

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Resetting another user’s password as an admin is pretty straight-forward. You simply need to generate a password-reset token for a specific user and send it to them in a secure way.

Don’t worry, once the token is used it becomes invalid, exposing it afterwards poses no security risks.

1. Login using your credentials

First, login to the Datasite using your admin credentials:

admin_client = sy.login(
    url=SERVER_URL,
    port=SERVER_PORT,
    email=ADMIN_EMAIL,
    password=ADMIN_PASSWORD,
)

2. Select the user to reset their password

Search the users and select the one that needs their password reset. The easiest way to do this is by email.

Note

The .users.search function returns a list, so you also need to select an element from that list (typically the first one, if you search by using the complete email address).

user = admin_client.users.search(email=USER_EMAIL)[0]

3. Generate a password-reset token

token = admin_client.users.request_password_reset(user.id)
print(token)

4. Send the token

After generating the token, send it to the user in a secure way.

They will use it to reset their password using a guest client, like below:

guest_client = sy.login_as_guest(
    url=SERVER_URL,
    port=SERVER_PORT,
)

guest_client.reset_password(
    token=token,
    new_password='*****'
)

After reseting their password, they will be able to login as usual using the new one.

All done!