Rails newbie here, I have been stuck on this for two days and can’t figure out why its not working.
I want users to confirm/verify themselves by entering their current/old password before any information is updated.
This is what My user_controller update action looks like
I’m currently using rails 3.2 with the basic has_secured_password authentication that comes with it.
def update
@user = User.find(params[:id])
respond_to do |format|
if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])
format.html { redirect_to users_url, notice: “User #{@user.name} was successfully updated.” }
format.json { head :no_content }
else
format.html { render action: “edit” }
format.json { render json: @user.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
here’s my form view
<% if params[:action] == “edit” %>
<%= f.label :password %>
<%= f.password_field :current_password, :placeholder => “current password” %>
<% end %>
<%= f.label :password, “Password” %>
<%= f.password_field :password, size: 40 %>
<%= f.label :password_confirmation, ‘Confirm’ %>
<%= f.password_field :password_confirmation, size: 40 %>
I’ve tried using a before_update :confirm_password in the User model, but it hasn’t worked.
I created a private method in the user controller
private
def password_match
@user = User.find(params[:id])
@user.authenticate(params[:current_password)
end
then call a before_filter :password_match, :only => [:update] in the user controller.
Can anyone help, please. Thank you.
