# Password Recovery Feature

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery-feature/191076>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 4, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery-feature/191076 "2010-07-04T15:18:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![RubyonRails\_newbie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RubyonRails\_newbie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RubyonRails_newbie)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery-feature/191076/1 "2010-07-04T15:18:53Z")

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Hello there,

I have an application that allows users to register/login etc. However  
I have a slight problem in that I cannot reset user’s passwords. THis  
is frustrating to anyone who uses my site as if they forget their  
account password they are stuck.

On RoR, can anyone recommend a good password recovery feature?

I don’t need a full blown authentication set up as I already have  
login/register working fine.

I just need the right kind of tutorial to follow to allow for users to  
reset their own passwords moving forward.

Can anyone help?

Many Thanks

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**Author:** ![RubyonRails\_newbie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RubyonRails\_newbie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/RubyonRails_newbie)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery-feature/191076/2 "2010-07-04T19:06:00Z")

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On Jul 4, 2:17 pm, RubyonRails\_newbie [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> login/register working fine.
> 
> I just need the right kind of tutorial to follow to allow for users to  
> reset their own passwords moving forward.

I think it’s certainly worth looking at the authlogic tutorial for  
this (  
[http://www.binarylogic.com/2008/11/16/tutorial-reset-passwords-with-authlogic/](http://www.binarylogic.com/2008/11/16/tutorial-reset-passwords-with-authlogic/)  
). There’s not really much there’s that’s specific to authlogic (only  
the perishable\_token stuff which you can easily write yourself)

Fred