Ask Agaric: Why can't I post content? (Login issue)

To a user:

When you have to get the replacement login it's because you'd forgotten your permanent password, and your regular password is wiped out when you use the temporary login. So when you use the link or temporary password to login you have to replace it with the password you want by taking the opportunity to set a new password.

Liz Burbank wrote:
> thanks, but why am i periodically unable to log in and post? i used this
> temporary login just for that reason, i do not wish to change my regular
> password!
>
> on 9/3/07 7:46 PM, Agaric Auto Support wrote:
>
>> User Name,
>>
>> A request to reset the password for your account has been made.
>>
>> You may now log in to www.example.com clicking on this link or copying
>> and pasting it in your browser:
>>
>> http://www.example.com/user/reset/2/1188873970/4e676da035153c1a978383def
>> 3e994cc
>>
>> This is a one-time login, so it can be used only once. It expires after one
>> day and nothing will happen if it's not used.
>>
>> After logging in, you will be redirected to
>> http://www.burbankdigest.com/user/2/edit so you can change your password.
>>
>

That explanation wasn't enough...

hi ben, nice to hear from you! i didn't 'forget' my password, once again i wasn't permitted to post content so had to do it -- as you explained last time it happened a month ago:

"You've just been logged in since whenever you logged in last time. But
every once in a while you will get logged out, and have to log in again.
Mostly its the site's making sure you're you. ben"

it'd be nice to not keep going thru this routine if possible!

Agaric answers:

You do have to log in more than once, the site just remembers your login for a while, but you do have to login again. Your password is NOT reset however, you just have to enter it again, with your username or email address, if you can remember it.

Again, every once in a while you will not be able to post unless you enter your username (or e-mail) and password. If you have already reset your password by using the send new password link, and did not change it from the temporary one that the site sent, you need to use that temporary password to login– or reset your password again, but this time be sure to put in the password you want after fallowing the one-time login link.