I have a database table that contains encrypted passwords along with
other
information relating to users. When I do an update_attributes operation
on
a row in the table with a hash that does not contain a password, the
password gets reset to the empty string. How can I stop this?
On 30 Jul 2012 18:14, “jsnark” [email protected] wrote:
I have a database table that contains encrypted passwords along with
other information relating to users. When I do an update_attributes
operation on a row in the table with a hash that does not contain a
password, the password gets reset to the empty string. How can I stop
this?
Remove the password key/value pair from the params hash before the
update-attributes call if the password value is blank.
On Monday, July 30, 2012 2:39:22 PM UTC-4, pavling wrote:
update-attributes call if the password value is blank.
The hash does not contain a password key/value pair. In spite of this,
the
password is set to the empty string.
Parameters: {“utf8”=>“✓”,
“authenticity_token”=>“AdPOoGvw9LXnkLEen9NzXo/yhwESO6hRxnICD2eK4Rk=”,
“user”=>{“role_id”=>“3”}, “commit”=>“Update User”, “id”=>“1”}
On 30 July 2012 20:23, jsnark [email protected] wrote:
The hash does not contain a password key/value pair. In spite of this, the
password is set to the empty string.
What filters run in the model? What observers are operating?
It would be worth setting a breakpoint at your update_attribute line
and following through from there to see what happens to your password
attribute.
On Monday, July 30, 2012 4:07:20 PM UTC-4, pavling wrote:
I understand the problem now, but I do not see the solution. The model
has
a before_save filter that is causing the password to be reset. How do I
stop this on an update?
require ‘authenticators/sql_encrypted’
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :role
belongs_to :person
include CASServer::Authenticators::SQLEncrypted::EncryptedPassword
attr_accessor :password
validates :password, :confirmation => true,
:length => { :within => 7…20 },
:format => { :with =>
/^.(?=.{7,20})(?=.[a-zA-Z])(?=.[0-9])(?=.[`~!@#$%^&-_=+|;’:",./<>?]).$/
},
:presence => true,
:if => :password_required?
validates_uniqueness_of :username
before_save :encrypt_password
protected
def password_required?
encrypted_password.blank? || password.present?
end
def encrypt_password
self.encrypted_password = encrypt(self.password)
end
end
On 30 July 2012 20:23, jsnark [email protected] wrote:
password, the password gets reset to the empty string. How can I stop this?
“user”=>{“role_id”=>“3”}, “commit”=>“Update User”, “id”=>“1”}
Have you got any callbacks in the model (before_save for example)?
What does the log (log/development.log) show for the action? It
should show the sql.
If you still can’t see it post the action code, the model (strip out
any irrelevant methods) and the log (just for the action).
Colin
Colin
On 30 July 2012 22:39, jsnark [email protected] wrote:
I understand the problem now, but I do not see the solution. The model has
a before_save filter that is causing the password to be reset. How do I
stop this on an update?
The same way I said before - only run it if the password has been
populated:
def encrypt_password
self.encrypted_password = encrypt(self.password) unless
self.password.blank?
end
But you will probably need to add same validation to ensure there is
an encrypted_password - otherwise it would be possible to create
accounts with blank passwords…
On Monday, July 30, 2012 6:40:51 PM UTC-4, pavling wrote:
def encrypt_password
self.encrypted_password = encrypt(self.password) unless
self.password.blank?
endBut you will probably need to add same validation to ensure there is
an encrypted_password - otherwise it would be possible to create
accounts with blank passwords…
Thank you.
Also note that before_save (and pretty much all the callbacks) take :if
and :unless parameters, like so
before_save do_something, :if => Proc.new {|model|
model.some_boolean_attr_or_method }