diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/users.py b/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/users.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/users.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/admin/views/users.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class AdminUsersView(BaseAppView, DataGr
     def users_new(self):
         _ = self.request.translate
         c = self.load_default_context()
-        c.default_extern_type = auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.name
+        c.default_extern_type = auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid
         self._set_personal_repo_group_template_vars(c)
         return self._get_template_context(c)
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class AdminUsersView(BaseAppView, DataGr
     def users_create(self):
         _ = self.request.translate
         c = self.load_default_context()
-        c.default_extern_type = auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.name
+        c.default_extern_type = auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid
         user_model = UserModel()
         user_form = UserForm(self.request.translate)()
         try:
diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from pyramid.view import view_config
 
 from rhodecode.apps._base import BaseAppView
 from rhodecode.authentication.base import authenticate, HTTP_TYPE
+from rhodecode.authentication.plugins import auth_rhodecode
 from rhodecode.events import UserRegistered, trigger
 from rhodecode.lib import helpers as h
 from rhodecode.lib import audit_logger
@@ -367,15 +368,24 @@ class LoginView(BaseAppView):
         # matching emails
         msg = _('If such email exists, a password reset link was sent to it.')
 
+        def default_response():
+            log.debug('faking response on invalid password reset')
+            # make this take 2s, to prevent brute forcing.
+            time.sleep(2)
+            h.flash(msg, category='success')
+            return HTTPFound(self.request.route_path('reset_password'))
+
         if self.request.POST:
             if h.HasPermissionAny('hg.password_reset.disabled')():
                 _email = self.request.POST.get('email', '')
                 log.error('Failed attempt to reset password for `%s`.', _email)
-                h.flash(_('Password reset has been disabled.'),
-                                   category='error')
+                h.flash(_('Password reset has been disabled.'), category='error')
                 return HTTPFound(self.request.route_path('reset_password'))
 
             password_reset_form = PasswordResetForm(self.request.translate)()
+            description = u'Generated token for password reset from {}'.format(
+                datetime.datetime.now().isoformat())
+
             try:
                 form_result = password_reset_form.to_python(
                     self.request.POST)
@@ -395,10 +405,14 @@ class LoginView(BaseAppView):
                 # Generate reset URL and send mail.
                 user = User.get_by_email(user_email)
 
+                # only allow rhodecode based users to reset their password
+                # external auth shouldn't allow password reset
+                if user and user.extern_type != auth_rhodecode.RhodeCodeAuthPlugin.uid:
+                    log.warning('User %s with external type `%s` tried a password reset. '
+                                'This try was rejected', user, user.extern_type)
+                    return default_response()
+
                 # generate password reset token that expires in 10 minutes
-                description = u'Generated token for password reset from {}'.format(
-                    datetime.datetime.now().isoformat())
-
                 reset_token = UserModel().add_auth_token(
                     user=user, lifetime_minutes=10,
                     role=UserModel.auth_token_role.ROLE_PASSWORD_RESET,
@@ -411,15 +425,14 @@ class LoginView(BaseAppView):
                     _query={'key': reset_token.api_key})
                 UserModel().reset_password_link(
                     form_result, password_reset_url)
-                # Display success message and redirect.
-                h.flash(msg, category='success')
 
                 action_data = {'email': user_email,
                                'user_agent': self.request.user_agent}
                 audit_logger.store_web(
                     'user.password.reset_request', action_data=action_data,
                     user=self._rhodecode_user, commit=True)
-                return HTTPFound(self.request.route_path('reset_password'))
+
+                return default_response()
 
             except formencode.Invalid as errors:
                 template_context.update({
@@ -434,11 +447,7 @@ class LoginView(BaseAppView):
                     # case of failed captcha
                     return self._get_template_context(c, **template_context)
 
-            log.debug('faking response on invalid password reset')
-            # make this take 2s, to prevent brute forcing.
-            time.sleep(2)
-            h.flash(msg, category='success')
-            return HTTPFound(self.request.route_path('reset_password'))
+            return default_response()
 
         return self._get_template_context(c, **template_context)
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.mako b/rhodecode/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.mako
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@
             </div>
             <div class="field">
                <div class="label-text">
-                    ${_('Source of Record')}:
+                    ${_('Authentication type')}:
                </div>
                <div class="input">
                     <p>${c.extern_type}</p>
                     ${h.hidden('extern_type', readonly="readonly")}
+                    <p class="help-block">${_('User was created using an external source. He is bound to authentication using this method.')}</p>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="field">
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@
                     ## allowed_languages is defined in the users.py
                     ## c.language comes from base.py as a default language
                     ${h.select('language', c.language, c.allowed_languages)}
-                    <p class="help-block">${h.literal(_('Help translate %(rc_link)s into your language.') % {'rc_link': h.link_to('RhodeCode Enterprise', h.route_url('rhodecode_translations'))})}</p>
+                    <p class="help-block">${h.literal(_('User interface language. Help translate %(rc_link)s into your language.') % {'rc_link': h.link_to('RhodeCode Enterprise', h.route_url('rhodecode_translations'))})}</p>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="buttons">