Re: Password encryption

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the reply. I will be avoiding direct SQL. I was going that route
because I did not know any better. :-)

So far I am really enjoying OpenGroupware.

Regards

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
<[email protected]>wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 11:50 +0100, [email protected]
> wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > I believe it is a standard unix crypt function that is encrypting the
> > passwords.  I just checked on my installation and there is this file:
> > /usr/local/bin/ogo-account-add.  I expect that will encrypt the passwords
> > for you (so no need for SQL).  Hopefully someone else will jump in if I'm
> > off the mark and this program is deprecated.
>
> Nope, it should work.  It was even updated not all that long ago.
>
> You can also create accounts via the old XML-RPC protocol;  which is
> what is used by the LDAPAccountSync tool included in OGoMojo.
> <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com/node/101>
>
> In general I'd avoid direct SQL modification of the database.  If there
> is something that can only be accomplished that way it indicates a
> limitation/failure/flaw in the provided tools and merits [IMO] a bug
> report.
>
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