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Emulab FAQ: Getting Started: Forgot your password? Resetting does not work!

Emulab FAQ: Getting Started: Forgot your password? Resetting does not work!

People often report that the link to reset their password (after forgetting it) fails with the seemingly obscure error:

Invalid page arguments:
/chpasswd.php3?reset_uid=joeuser&key=0641d88cf3abb16d&simple=0

This typically happens because you are using a different browser for the link you got in the email message, then you did when initially making the chpasswd request.

We store a cookie (1/2 of the above key) in the browser, and if you fire up a new browser (invocation, as some email clients will do) instead of using the same browser, that cookie will be missing.

Solution: Paste the link you get in the email message, into the same browser invocation that you used to make the Change Password request.