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Jim Hu wrote:
So... I decided to try it, and it seems like it
doesn't work, at
least on my system. I get the usernames, but the passwords are
shot. I suspect that this is because I'm going from a G5 Mac to an
Intel Mac, and there is a difference in bit order, which trashes the
blobs.
This shouldn't make a difference.
The thing you should be aware of, though, is that the default password
hashing includes a salt of the user_id. This means that if you change
the account to have a different user_id, the old user_password field
will have the 'wrong' value in it, and the password won't match when you
try to log in.
So, you may have to do some resetting of passwords for affected accounts
if you're doing a manual merge like this.
- -- brion vibber (brion @
wikimedia.org)
Any thoughts on how to migrate users without having to ask them to
all reset their passwords. I suppose that not being able to do this
is a good thing, in terms of security.
JH
On Jul 16, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Jim Hu wrote:
I think this has been asked before but I
can't seem to find the
answer. I have a bunch of wikis on two different servers. I want
users of wiki A to get the same usernames, passwords, etc on wiki B,
in addition to having users who are only on wiki B. Can I just do an
sql dump from the user table of wiki A and import the data into the
user table of wiki B? I mean, I know I can do it, but will it have
the desired effect?
Jim
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Texas A&M Univ.
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