# How to perform change password functionality?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-perform-change-password-functionality/144910>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 4, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-perform-change-password-functionality/144910 "2008-08-04T09:37:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 9:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-perform-change-password-functionality/144910/1 "2008-08-04T09:37:42Z")

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Dear all,

Iam in process of creation an admin panel, i have used

def sign\_in

if request.get?

```
  flash.now[:notice] = 'Please enter your username and password'

```

elsif request.post? and params[:admin]

```
  session[:admin_id] = nil

  @admin = Admin.authenticate(params[:admin][:email],
                              params[:admin][:password])

  if @admin

    session[:admin_id] = @admin.id
    session[:admin] = @admin.name

    redirect_to :action => "list"

  else

    flash.now[:error] = 'The username or password entered is

```

incorrect’

```
  end

end

```

end

def add

```
 if request.post? and params[:admin]

  @admin = Admin.new( params[:admin])

  @admin.name = params[:admin][:name]

  @admin.email = params[:admin][:email]

  admin_password =

```

Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("–#{Time.now.to\_s}–#{@admin.name}–")[0,6]

```
  @admin.password = Base64.encode64(admin_password)

  if @admin.save

    @admin = Admin.find(@admin.id)

    #calls the sent_order method
    Adminpassword.deliver_sent(@admin)

    # if so...
    redirect_to :action => 'list'

  end

else

  # render an empty admin instance
  @admin = Admin.new

end

```

end

my add and sign in functions are working well, and while iam using  
change password method i was not able to perform the operation.

Could any one suggest on using change password option for my above  
controller,  
i have tried the method with following code,

def change\_password

```
if request.get?

  # if so ...
  @admin = Admin.new

# was this action invoked by a post request?
elsif request.post?

  admin = session[:admin]

  admin.update_attributes(:password => params[:new_password])

  #@admin.password = params[:old_password]

  #@admin.update_attributes( :new_password )

  if admin.save

       flash[:notice] = 'Password changed successfully'
       redirect_to :controller => 'admin', :action => 'list'

                  end

else

  flash.now[:notice] = 'Please enter the required parameters'

end

```

end

Thanks in advance

Regards,  
Jose martin