3 * Change the password of a given user
5 * Copyright © 2005, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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23 * @author Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
24 * @ingroup Maintenance
27 require_once __DIR__
. '/Maintenance.php';
30 * Maintenance script to change the password of a given user.
32 * @ingroup Maintenance
34 class ChangePassword
extends Maintenance
{
35 public function __construct() {
36 parent
::__construct();
37 $this->addOption( "user", "The username to operate on", false, true );
38 $this->addOption( "userid", "The user id to operate on", false, true );
39 $this->addOption( "password", "The password to use", true, true );
40 $this->addDescription( "Change a user's password" );
43 public function execute() {
44 if ( $this->hasOption( "user" ) ) {
45 $user = User
::newFromName( $this->getOption( 'user' ) );
46 } elseif ( $this->hasOption( "userid" ) ) {
47 $user = User
::newFromId( $this->getOption( 'userid' ) );
49 $this->error( "A \"user\" or \"userid\" must be set to change the password for", true );
51 if ( !$user ||
!$user->getId() ) {
52 $this->error( "No such user: " . $this->getOption( 'user' ), true );
54 $password = $this->getOption( 'password' );
56 $status = $user->changeAuthenticationData( [
57 'username' => $user->getName(),
58 'password' => $password,
59 'retype' => $password,
61 if ( !$status->isGood() ) {
62 throw new PasswordError( $status->getWikiText( null, null, 'en' ) );
64 $user->saveSettings();
65 $this->output( "Password set for " . $user->getName() . "\n" );
66 } catch ( PasswordError
$pwe ) {
67 $this->error( $pwe->getText(), true );
72 $maintClass = "ChangePassword";
73 require_once RUN_MAINTENANCE_IF_MAIN
;