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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-17061

Create an admin recovery script rather like what Gallery does

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Inactive
    • 1.9.3
    • None
    • Administration
    • None
    • MOODLE_19_STABLE

    Description

      This came out of a conversation over lots of pasta with Skodak.....

      In order to recover lost administration rights, implement something similar to Gallery. The outline is as follows...

      • Create a "hidden" (but documented) script in the admin folder..... recoveradmin.php or somesuch
      • It invites you to create a file in the moodle root with a given name and a randomly generated key therein and then refresh the page
      • The rest of the process is locked out until this file is found to be correct - obviously, this needs to be locked down properly (I'll look/steal what Gallery does)
      • Once you're in there it will do this...
          • Allow a new manual user to be created and assigned to the administrator role
          • Reset the administrator role (and assignment rights) to default
          • Reset the User Policy settings to default (a source of locked out admins)
      • The above should be options probably
      • The Moodle site will NOT run with the key file in place as an additional security feature.

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              howardsmiller Howard Miller
              David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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