Re: Problem with updating 2.1b7 -> 2.1.1

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16794
interpreted = N
texte = >>Thanks for trying to help me, Gil, but the conversion was done when I >>installed the 2.1b plugin. So the db is allready converted, and is working >>fine with the 2.1b7 plugin, but will not work with the final 2.1.1 plugin. > >Encryption mehods were changed during the beta (I see a note about it in the change history), so probably the passwords you currently have are based on older encryption. At this point you probably need to re-enter passwords from scratch. > >If you use a text editor to open your Users.db and remove the line UPDATEDONE and then change all the weird-looking passwords to plain text, then the next time you go to the admin pages it will ask you if you want to encrypt them.Or ... if you made a backup copy of your users.db that existed before any of this new encryption stuff was added, and if your users.db hasn't changed substantially since then, simply quit WebCat, then replace the current users.db with the old non-encrypted backup you made earlier, then restart WebCat and use your browser to go immediately to the default page and click the link that lets WebCat encrypt the non-encrypted passwords itself.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Problem with updating 2.1b7 -> 2.1.1 (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  2. Re: Problem with updating 2.1b7 -> 2.1.1 (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  3. Re: Problem with updating 2.1b7 -> 2.1.1 (Per Christian Lied 1998)
  4. Problem with updating 2.1b7 -> 2.1.1 (Per Christian Lied 1998)
  5. Re: Problem with updating 2.1b7 -> 2.1.1 (Gil Poulsen 1998)
  6. Re: Problem with updating 2.1b7 -> 2.1.1 (Karl Schroll 1998)
>>Thanks for trying to help me, Gil, but the conversion was done when I >>installed the 2.1b plugin. So the db is allready converted, and is working >>fine with the 2.1b7 plugin, but will not work with the final 2.1.1 plugin. > >Encryption mehods were changed during the beta (I see a note about it in the change history), so probably the passwords you currently have are based on older encryption. At this point you probably need to re-enter passwords from scratch. > >If you use a text editor to open your Users.db and remove the line UPDATEDONE and then change all the weird-looking passwords to plain text, then the next time you go to the admin pages it will ask you if you want to encrypt them.Or ... if you made a backup copy of your users.db that existed before any of this new encryption stuff was added, and if your users.db hasn't changed substantially since then, simply quit WebCat, then replace the current users.db with the old non-encrypted backup you made earlier, then restart WebCat and use your browser to go immediately to the default page and click the link that lets WebCat encrypt the non-encrypted passwords itself.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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