# Unable to change other user passwords

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-change-other-user-passwords/100421>\
**Category:** Engines\
**Created:** [July 28, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-change-other-user-passwords/100421 "2006-07-28T21:40:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-change-other-user-passwords/100421/1 "2006-07-28T21:40:19Z")

</div>

I’ve got an app that uses User Engine. I can log in as the super user  
just fine. If I attempt to change another user’s password, it doesn’t  
seem to take in that I cannot log in that user with the new password. I  
don’t have the old passwords, so I don’t know if it has been changed or  
not.

How can I tell what’s going on?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-change-other-user-passwords/100421/2 "2006-07-29T15:57:36Z")

</div>

SOLVED

I had made a bunch of test users. They all had the same e-mail address.  
User Engine does not like that at all. I consider that a bug. I can  
imagine scenarios (like maybe testing) where different accounts would  
use the same address.

So, as long as all your users have different e-mail addresses, and your  
passwords have the correct form (at least 5 characters), it seems to  
work OK.

If not, it doesn’t work and doesn’t tell you why.