[Phpwiki-talk] Re: [phpwiki - Help] Userauthentification using DB

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

SourceForge.net schrieb:
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> https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=2727164
> By: schorni
> 
> 1st question
> 
> when inserting an userid on the startpage the user is redirected to the loginscreen.
> when the userid doesn't exist the following php warning is shown
> 
> lib/WikiUserNew.php:1970: Warning[2]: reset(): Passed variable is not an array
> or object

sorry, I have no time to reproduce this with an old version.
you didn't say which version anyway.

> how can i change this?

fix it or ignore it.

> ---------------
> second question:
> 
> i'am using a forum called smf with userdata in a seperate database. should it
> work to use this databse to authentificate the users? They use a different encryption
> methode for the passwords. can i use phpcode in config.ini to caompare
> the hashes?

what encryption? we support plain, mysql md5 hashes, and crypt.

if you have another special crypt scheme, make a new WikiUserClass 
derived from some existing _DbPassUser class.

normally unix crypt is flexible enough to support multiple encryption 
methods. There are special prefixes for several methods, besides the 
default one.
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Reini Urban
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