def _forgotten_password(self):
"""Action to let the user request a password change.
GET returns a form for emailing them the password change
confirmation.
POST checks the form and then creates a confirmation record:
date, email_address, and a url_hash that is a hash of a
combination of date, email_address, and a random nonce.
The email address must exist in the person database.
The second half of the password change operation happens in
the ``confirm`` action.
"""
c.email = self.form_result['email_address']
c.person = Person.find_by_email(c.email)
if c.person is not None:
# Check if there is already a password recovery in progress
reset = PasswordResetConfirmation.find_by_email(c.email)
if reset is not None:
return render('person/in_progress.mako')
# Ok kick one off
c.conf_rec = PasswordResetConfirmation(email_address=c.email)
meta.Session.add(c.conf_rec)
meta.Session.commit()
email(c.email, render('person/confirmation_email.mako'))
return render('person/password_confirmation_sent.mako')
