SID-02013: Porting users accounts after update from 4.0.2 to 6.0.1

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.0.1	Perl version:	Perl 5.18.2
Category:	CategoryAuthentication	Server OS:	Ubuntu Server 14.04	Last update:	10 years ago

I installed the 6.0.1 version and, after to have copied the pages from old installation I'm porting the users.

My settongs are:

$TWiki::cfg{LoginManager} = 'TWiki::LoginManager::TemplateLogin';
$TWiki::cfg{TwoStepAuthManager} = 'none';
$TWiki::cfg{TemplateLogin}{PreventBrowserRememberingPassword} = 0;
$TWiki::cfg{LoginNameFilterIn} = '^[^\\s\\*?~^\\$@%`"\'&;\\\|<>\\x00-\\x1f]+$';
$TWiki::cfg{DefaultUserLogin} = 'guest';
$TWiki::cfg{DefaultUserWikiName} = 'TWikiGuest';
$TWiki::cfg{AdminUserLogin} = 'admin';
$TWiki::cfg{AdminUserWikiName} = 'TWikiAdminUser';
$TWiki::cfg{SuperAdminGroup} = 'TWikiAdminGroup';
$TWiki::cfg{Access}{AdminDomain} = 'site';
$TWiki::cfg{UsersTopicName} = 'TWikiUsers';
$TWiki::cfg{AuthScripts} = 'attach,edit,manage,rename,save,upload,viewauth,rdiffauth,rest,mdrepo';
$TWiki::cfg{AuthRealm} = 'Enter your LoginName. (Typically First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith, unless you chose otherwise). Visit TWikiRegistration if you do not have one.';
$TWiki::cfg{UserMappingManager} = 'TWiki::Users::TWikiUserMapping';
$TWiki::cfg{Register}{EnableNewUserRegistration} = 1;
$TWiki::cfg{Register}{HidePasswd} = 1;
$TWiki::cfg{Register}{AllowSystemGeneratedPassword} = 1;
$TWiki::cfg{PasswordManager} = 'TWiki::Users::HtPasswdUser';
$TWiki::cfg{MinPasswordLength} = 5;
$TWiki::cfg{MustChangePasswordAfterReset} = 1;
$TWiki::cfg{Htpasswd}{FileName} = '/var/www/twiki/data/.htpasswd';
$TWiki::cfg{Htpasswd}{Encoding} = 'md5';
$TWiki::cfg{CryptToken}{Enable} = 1;
$TWiki::cfg{CryptToken}{SecureActions} = 'register,save,comment,createweb,upload';
$TWiki::cfg{OS} = 'UNIX';
$TWiki::cfg{DetailedOS} = 'linux';
$TWiki::cfg{DenyDotDotInclude} = 1;
$TWiki::cfg{AllowInlineScript} = 1;

I copied the old .htpasswd file but:

- when I try to register a new user I get:

"There has been a problem adding your user id to the Password system."

- when I try to reset a user password I get:

Can't get an e-mail address for DanieleBarzo (required for password reset)"

Also all the lines in the twiki/data/.htpasswd file are changed as:

[UseName]:Enter your LoginName. (Typically First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith, unless you chose otherwise). Visit TWikiRegistration if you do not have one.:[UserMail]::0:0

Where [UserName] and [UserMail] are respectively the user name and mail.

Any idea?

-- Daniele Barzotti - 2015-01-21

Discussion and Answer

Found the mistake.

The Encoding was wrong.

Changing:

$TWiki::cfg{Htpasswd}{Encoding} = 'md5';

to

$TWiki::cfg{Htpasswd}{Encoding} = 'crypt';

make it work.

-- Daniele Barzotti - 2015-01-21

I am glad it worked out. Thanks for sharing the fix with the community.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2015-01-21

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