[Mediawiki-l] Topi, User passwords, pleaaase help
Ron Hall
ron.hall at mcgill.ca
Mon Jun 5 14:46:08 UTC 2006
Rotem Liss wrote:
>
> Rob Desbois wrote:
>
> > You can obtain a list of the encrypted passwords from the database,
> however it is of no use to you.
> > The encryption employed is one way (i.e. cannot be decrypted.) so
> there is absolutely no way of recovering the passwords from their
> encrypted versions.
> > Sorry!
> >
> > --Rob
> >
> However, if you want to reset a password, I **think** you can create MD5
> key to the new password, then apply it in some field in the user table.
> I'm not sure it will work, so be careful.
>
I have nefarious things like this in the past with outher systems -
notably LDAP
where I chose a password encrypt it and then cut and paste the new
MD5 (or crypt) string where
it is supposed to be and viola!(sic) It works.
YMMV
r
PS
and yes be careful. You should probably take the opportunity to
install phpMyAdmin.
r
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