hi i ready the docs and found that method used is salted md5
i need some help in this let us say i the password is : abc then what is the function to generate the salted md5 hash ? thanks rajesh > Eric Shubert wrote: >> Jake Vickers wrote: >>> Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> Rajesh M wrote: >>>>> hi >>>>> >>>>> one of my client's need that their users change passwords at >>>>> specific >>>>> intervals. The don't want to use the squirrelmail option. >>>>> >>>>> i am planning to carry this out using php and directly edit the >>>>> vpopmail >>>>> database. >>>>> >>>>> i need to know the method followed for password encryption in the >>>>> mysql >>>>> database >>>>> >>>>> help please ? >>>>> >>>>> thanks very much >>>>> >>>>> rajesh >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'd look into the source code for vpopmail-toaster. I'm guessing >>>> that your answer would be in vadduser.c >>>> >>> >>> By default they're not encoded, unless you changed that setting. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> I think they're stored both encoded and in plain text by default. See >> results of /home/vpopmail/vuserinfo command. I'm not sure what the >> encoding mechanism is though, or exactly how it's used. >> > > It will be the default hashing for mysql - I think I wrote something on > this 2 years or so ago if you want to dig in the archives for it (not > you Eric) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
