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At any time, a user can reset the key. He goes on his security page and click on the Reset link. A new different key is automatically generated. The user needs to enter the new key on the external application.
At any time, a user can reset the key. He goes on his security page and click on the Reset link. A new different key is automatically generated. The user needs to enter the new key on the external application.


Note: an Moodle administrator can not generate a security key for himself.
To see the page:  
* user must not be a administrator (Moodle cannot generate a token for administrator).
* user must have the'' moodle/webservice:createtoken'' capability




[[Category:Web Services]]
[[Category:Web Services]]

Revision as of 08:12, 18 January 2011

Template:Moodle 2.0A user goes on his security keys page: My profil block > security keys. He gets a security key (also called token). He enters the key on the external application accessing to Moodle.

At any time, a user can reset the key. He goes on his security page and click on the Reset link. A new different key is automatically generated. The user needs to enter the new key on the external application.

To see the page:

  • user must not be a administrator (Moodle cannot generate a token for administrator).
  • user must have the moodle/webservice:createtoken capability