# Password recovery?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery/197123>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 23, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery/197123 "2010-02-23T20:23:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery/197123/1 "2010-02-23T20:23:52Z")

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Hi there,

I am looking to implement a password recovery feature so users on my  
site can request a password when they forget theirs…

My passwords are one way encrypted, using a sha1 hexdigest so  
currently users would only see a garbled string which is not their  
password.

So - are there any tutorials that cover this as a walkthrough, so I  
can learn as I go?  
I’ve tried google, but there’s so many suggestions, it’s knowing which  
is the best etc… Also couldn’t see anything that covered that on

> **[Ruby on Rails Screencasts - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com)**
>
> Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers.

Any ideas?

Many Thanks

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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery/197123/2 "2010-02-23T20:26:48Z")

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On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 09:58 -0800, RubyonRails\_newbie wrote:

> can learn as I go?  
> I’ve tried google, but there’s so many suggestions, it’s knowing which  
> is the best etc… Also couldn’t see anything that covered that on  
> [Railscasts.com](http://Railscasts.com)
> 
> Any ideas?

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use authlogic - that type of procedure is already built in.

If you don’t want to use it, study it.

Craig

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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/password-recovery/197123/3 "2010-02-23T21:25:07Z")

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Craig W. wrote:

Refer to my reply to the duplicate posting here:  
[http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/204774](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/204774)