Here's what happened: I asked Jimbo or Jason to create dumps
of the current database so that I could load it into the new
server for testing the transition. I expected to have them
copied directly to the new server as Jim had done before (and
to which only the Bomis folks, me, and Axel have access at the
moment), but Jason put them in the upload directory instead.
I have since moved them to the new server already, so they can
be deleted--but I don't have access to the old server, so Jason
will have to do that.
I raised the security issue of plaintext passwords in the
database a few months ago; it was generally agreed that it was
not a good thing (any sysop can already read the database,
passwords and all), but that changing it in the existing code
was a pain. The new code encrypts passwords in the database,
and has a "mail me a new password" function.
TBC, I removed your password for you. I suspect the problem
with your passphrase may have been the single quote character.
Try a long passphrase without it.
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