Problem/Motivation
When using an external authentication system (such as LDAP) it is reasonable that system administrators would like to disable password recovery feature, since Drupal is not handling or storing user's passwords.
Proposed resolution
Thus I created a patch, which creates a new configuration in admin/config/people/accounts and uses it in user.module, to add the link to password recovery only if it is not disabled.
Remaining tasks
None.
User interface changes
New field in admin/config/people/accounts.
API changes
None.
Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Best regards,