SetAccountPassword
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This function sets the password of the specified account.
| Note: Don't forget to give admin rights to the resource, in which you are using setAccountPassword function or it won't work. |
Syntax
bool setAccountPassword ( account theAccount, string password )
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- Method: account:setPassword(...)
- Variable: .password
Required Arguments
- theAccount: the account whose password you want to set
- password: the password
| Note: The password will always be encrypted with sha256, other types are no longer supported. See CAccountPassword for more information. |
Returns
Returns true if the password was set correctly, false otherwise.
Limits
The following limits apply:
- Minimum account password length is 1 character.
- Maximum account password length is 30 characters.
- Account password can not be equal to "*****"
Example
This example allows a user to change their password with a command.
function ChangePlayerPassword(player, command, oldpass, newpass)
-- get the account the player is currently logged into
local account = getPlayerAccount(player)
if (account) then
-- if its only a guest account, do not allow the password to be changed
if (isGuestAccount(account)) then
outputChatBox("You must be logged into an account to change your password.", player)
-- end the function
return
end
-- check that the old password is correct
local password_check = getAccount(getAccountName(account), oldpass)
if (password_check) then
-- check the length of the new password
if (string.len(newpass)>=5) then
setAccountPassword(account,newpass)
else
outputChatBox("Your new password must be at least 5 characters long.", player)
end
else
outputChatBox("Old password invalid.", player)
end
end
end
addCommandHandler("changepass", ChangePlayerPassword)
