Setting a users password without being logged in

[macky@staktrading.com]

Hi All,

I need to be able to write to the password field of the userdb without
knowing the password and without being logged in.

Why?

I have many users logging in, purchasing then forgetting the password. I
plan to find  their email address and assign a new (random) password to
them, then send it by email.

All works except, I need to encrypt the password before writing it to
the userdb.
I know about the userdb function for changing passwords but this
requires the old password (which i dont know).

Using mv3.15 beta.

Any ideas to do this??

Macky..