Handling Password Changes Without Email Server Integration in Ambience/Repetoire 202x

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Overview

This guide provides instructions for performing a password change in Ambience/Repertoire 202x in environments where the email server has not been configured.

Step 1: Navigate to User Settings

Step 2: Request Password Change

  • Enter the Old Password, New Password, and Repeat New Password fields.

  • Click Request Password Change.

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Step 3: Locate Verification Code File

  • Navigate to the /mail folder within your Ambience/Repertoire 202x installation directory.

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  • Open the latest folder created with a new ID and locate the mail.txt file.

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Step 4: Retrieve Verification Code

  • Open the newly created mail.txt and identify the Password Change Verification section.

    Example, excerpt from mail.txt:

    Mail2(List(farhana@elixirtech.com),List(),List(),List(),Password Change Verification,<h2>Elixir Ambience Password Change</h2>
        <p>A change of password has been requested by mae.
        <p>Please enter this approval code on the change password page:</p>
        <p>171490</p>
        <p>If you are an Elixir Ambience user and did not request this change, please contact your administrator.</p>
        <p>If you take no further action, the password change will be rejected.</p>,List())
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  • Copy the numeric code provided.

Step 5: Enter Verification Code

  • Return to the Password tab in User Settings.

  • Paste the code into the Validation Code field.

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  • Submit the code.

Step 6: Verify Successful Password Change

Result

Password changes can be carried out successfully even without an email server setup by retrieving the verification code directly from the local /mail directory.