1 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/GradeBook_lib.tcl b/GradeBook_lib.tcl
index fce6e53..a31f05b 100755
--- a/GradeBook_lib.tcl
+++ b/GradeBook_lib.tcl
@@ -374,7 +374,42 @@ proc ResetForgottenPassword { permission_list user } {
 	}
 
 	#reset password procedure goes here
-	htmlErrorMsg "Reset password is not fully implemented yet"
+	set newpassword [GenPassword]
+	UpdateColValue4UserNameNonWeb PasswordHash $user [::md5::md5 -hex $newpassword]
+	SendNewPassword2User $user $newpassword
+}
+
+proc GenPassword { } {
+	set password_chars "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+	set len [string length $password_chars]
+
+	set i 1
+	set newpassword {}
+	while { $i <= 8 } {
+		incr i 1
+		set indx [expr {int(rand()*$len)}]
+		set newchar [string index $password_chars $indx]
+		append newpassword $newchar
+	}
+	return $newpassword
+}
+
+proc SendNewPassword2User { user password } {
+	set CourseTitle  [SelectItemFromCourseInfoTable course_title]
+	set FirstName    [SelectColValue4User FirstName $user]   
+	set tmp_msg_file /tmp/tmp_msg4user_$user
+	set fp [open $tmp_msg_file w]
+	puts $fp "Dear ${FirstName},"
+	puts $fp "Your  password to access $CourseTitle grades is"
+	puts $fp "------------------------------------------"
+	puts $fp "$password"
+	puts $fp "------------------------------------------"
+	close $fp
+	if { [catch {exec mail -s "New password for $CourseTitle" $user < $tmp_msg_file} msg ] } {
+		   htmlErrorMsg "Something seems to have gone wrong during mailing the password. Information about it: $::errorInfo"
+	}
+	#now it is safe to delete temporary file
+	file delete $tmp_msg_file
 }
 
 proc LogMeOn {} {