Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/security-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/security-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.126.2.23 -r1.126.2.24
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/security-procs.tcl	28 Nov 2019 11:06:31 -0000	1.126.2.23
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/security-procs.tcl	28 Nov 2019 12:10:03 -0000	1.126.2.24
@@ -1837,6 +1837,15 @@
     util_memoize_seed [list sec_lookup_property $session_id $module $name] [list $value $secure]
 }
 
+
+#
+# Provide a global variable for devopers to activate/deactivate
+# client_property_password in case a site has good reasons not to
+# using the client property (e.g. site specific code). This is meant
+# to be transitional code.
+#
+set ::acs::pass_password_as_query_variable 0
+
 ad_proc -public security::set_client_property_password {password} {
     
     Convenience function for remembering user password as client property
@@ -1846,6 +1855,7 @@
 } {
     ad_set_client_property -persistent f acs-admin user-password $password
 }
+
 ad_proc -public security::get_client_property_password {password} {
     
     Convenience function for retrieving user password from client property