New account flow

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Hey, from time to time I need to create new accounts for people. This is easy and straightforward, but it bugs me that I have to create a password for them and then they have to change it themselves.

Is one of the following scenarios possible. And if yes, how do I set things up correctly;

  1. I create a new account with mail address only. New users get invite mail to setup a profile and choose a password.

  2. I create a new account with standard password. New users is required to change password and choose a new one on first login.

  3. Nextcloud creates a unique invite link that I send with my own mail to new user. Users uses link to open nextcloud, set up profile and choose password.

Or another scenario that achieves the same, but I haven’t thought of yet…

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Actually (at least since Hub 9) it works already this way. When you create a user only with an email address and no password, the user will receive an email with a link to set the password.
You only have to make sure that your Nextcloud installation can send emails :wink:

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thnx @aschrage that works indeed.

It is somewhat confusing that if you create a new user first both mailaddress and password are required fields. Didn’t yet notice that as soon as the mail address is filled in, the password is no longer required.

And yes, by now my server can send mails :wink:

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