[Zope] Newbie: /Manage Password problems

M. Adam Kendall mak@kha0s.org
Wed, 05 Apr 2000 10:55:11 -0400 (EDT)


On 05-Apr-2000 addyd@unk.edu wrote:
> Right now the file says:
> superuser:{SHA} followed by 14 characters, then a "/", then 12 more
> characters, and finally an "="

Darren,
The password in the access file is not 'plain text'.  It is encrypted
using the SHA algorithm.  That is why you see the {SHA} preceeding
the password.  So in fact, the whole string is the password after
being encrypted. Your best bet, is to run zpasswd.py and create a new
password.

Adam
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