Don't put the stuff directly into the DB. It is actually against the License agreement. Trust me, we almost got sued because of it.
Also, Bb tends to make changes to their Db without telling you, this is what caused me to be in the office for 37 hours strait not to long ago. In short, use the snapshot stuff., it works, and works pretty well. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Blackboard User Accounts and Encrypted Passwords > > I'm toying with batch-loading user accounts in to Blackboard. I can do > the simple text file import, but I would rather dump the data directly > into the Bb database. We do not yet have any hooks into our student > system. Our student system is being migrated to Datatel's Colleague > product and is not ready for the hooks. > > So far, the only issue is the password is encrypted in the database. > > My first question is: Does anyone know the encryption method Bb uses > for their passwords? > > If not, my next question is: If I know the original password value, and > I also know the final encrypted value, can I arrive at the encryption > method? > > For example, can I try the CF encryption schemes and if I find a method > that gives me the correct encrypted string, from a known value, would > that always work? > > Thanks > M!ke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164939 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
