Showing the devise edit password screen

Question

In my rails 3 app using devise, I want to provide a link for users to edit their password.

I have a standard link that points to: /users/password/edit ... Log output below

Started GET "/users/password/edit" for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-08-10 10:11:46 -0700
  Processing by Devise::PasswordsController#edit as HTML
  User Load (0.6ms)  SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = 3 LIMIT 1
Redirected to http://localhost:3000/
Completed 302 Found in 309ms

Why is rails redirecting? Why can't I show the edit password page? Thanks

What's the reason for the redirect in the flash message? Is the user not logged in, because yeah, it'll redirect you to root if you're not logged in and trying to edit a password. — numbers1311407
@numbers1311407 Actually the problem is that the user is logged in. This action is only for users who are not logged in, have forgotten their password, and have already received a reset password token. — M. Cypher
well what does the flash message say? That edit url should only be valid if there's a valid token parameter attached. — numbers1311407

M. Cypher M. Cypher · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-10T18:36:22

Devise::PasswordsController#edit is for non-authenticated users who wish to change their password using a reset token. This reset token was previously sent to the user in an email (Reset password instructions). If the user is already logged in, this edit password page will always redirect to the after-sign-in path since it shouldn't be accessible to authenticated users.

I suppose what you want is to allow the user to change his password after logging in. You have to use Devise::RegistrationsController#edit for that.

Showing the devise edit password screen

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