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This is specifically addressed to users of Bb6 Basic. Has anyone else noticed that Instructors can change the password of any other User on their Course Site? With the Basic license, you do not have access to setting privileges by role. If you go to: ADMINISTRATION PANEL > USER PRIVILEGES > MODIFY PRIVILEGE, you will notice the following statement: "Set privileges by role requires Enterprise license." How can it be acceptable to allow any Instructor to change any other User's password? Unless I have missed something very obvious, I regard this as a very doubtful policy indeed, since it represents an enormous potential for abuse. Surely it is a basic tenet that with any system the only person able to modify personal information, especially passwords, is the individual concerned? Quite apart from any moral issue here, is this not a direct contravention of the Data Protection Act in the UK? I am not as informed on similar legislation in the US, but surely there is something similar in most other countries. Even if there is some reason why it is impossible to allow users of the Basic system to change this setting, surely the default should have been set to 'Off'. Any Instructor should NOT be able to change any other User's password. Am I missing something? -- Mark Gamble Head of Learning Technology Support University of Luton, Park Square, Luton, LU1 3JU Tel (+44)1582 489260 Fax (+44)1582 489259 Mob 07720 068605