Cannot reset passwords

Ron · Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Our original web hosting company went bankrupt (was on NT hosting). I've transferred the troop's website and a large calendar file (which apparently is Linux hosting). That's all wonderful, except now the passwords for every calendar don't work.

I tried the password utility, but I can't run it from a web browser (and they apparently don't allow command line access). What are my options?

Ron
http://www.troop1188.com

daltonlp · Site Admin Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 1351

The easiest option is to manually edit the calendars.xml file, and replace this text:

<admin_password>......</admin_password>

(where ...... is some random encrypted text)

with this:

<admin_password>12eMC4Wi9/C9o</admin_password>

This will reset each password to "12345"

Let me know if it doesn't work.

- Lloyd

Ron · Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Sorry Lloyd,
I failed to mention I'd already been through the archives, saw that solution; tried it, and it still wouldn't accept the passwords. The encryption results are not the same as you mention in that post.

daltonlp · Site Admin Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 1351

Ok, your new server is likely using a different encryption algorithm.

You can find out what its encrypted version of "12345" by creating a new calendar with that "12345" as the password. In the "pending_actions.xml" file, you'll see a record for the new calendar.

Copy that encrypted text into the admin_password element for your existing calendars to reset their passwords to "12345" (or whatever password you use for the new one).

- Lloyd

Ron · Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Sorry to be so dense Lloyd, but I can't find the password string substitution for '12345' in the new file. Here's the contents of the file:

<id>78</id><action_type>new_calendar</action_type><action_data>%3ccalendar%3e%3cid%3e78%3c%2fid%3e%3ctype%3e%3c%2ftype%3e%3curl%3e%3c%2furl%3e%3ctitle%3etest_calendar%3c%2ftitle%3e%3cdetails%3eno_details%250a%3c%2fdetails%3e%3clink%3eno_link%3c%2flink%3e%3cadmin_password%3e%3c%2fadmin_password%3e%3cnew_calendars_automatically_selectable%3e%3c%2fnew_calendars_automatically_selectable%3e%3clist_background_calendars_together%3e%3c%2flist_background_calendars_together%3e%3ccalendar_events_color%3e%3c%2fcalendar_events_color%3e%3cbackground_events_display_style%3e%3c%2fbackground_events_display_style%3e%3cbackground_events_fade_factor%3e1%3c%2fbackground_events_fade_factor%3e%3cbackground_events_color%3e%2523ffffff%3c%2fbackground_events_color%3e%3cdefault_number_of_months%3e1%3c%2fdefault_number_of_months%3e%3cmax_number_of_months%3e24%3c%2fmax_number_of_months%3e%3cgmtime_diff%3e%3c%2fgmtime_diff%3e%3cdate_format%3emm%252fdd%252fyy%3c%2fdate_format%3e%3cweek_start_day%3e0%3c%2fweek_start_day%3e%3cevent_change_email%3e%3c%2fevent_change_email%3e%3cinfo_window_size%3e400x400%3c%2finfo_window_size%3e%3ccustom_template%3e%3c%2fcustom_template%3e%3ccustom_stylesheet%3e%3c%2fcustom_stylesheet%3e%3cupdate_timestamp%3e1142980687%3c%2fupdate_timestamp%3e%3callow_remote_calendar_requests%3e%3c%2fallow_remote_calendar_requests%3e%3cremote_calendar_requests_require_password%3e%3c%2fremote_calendar_requests_require_password%3e%3cremote_calendar_requests_password%3e%3c%2fremote_calendar_requests_password%3e%3c%2fcalendar%3e</action_data>

daltonlp · Site Admin Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 1351

Sorry - part of that record is doubly encoded, so the < > become %3c and %3e.

However, after decoding this, the password for this new calendar record is blank. I'm not sure how that happened - it shouldn't let you submit a new calendar with a blank password.

I tried to duplicate this, but could not - trying a new calendar with a blank password resulted in "Blank password not allowed! Calendar not added!" Trying a new calendar with "12345" gave a record that looks like this:

...3c%2flink%3e%3cadmin_password%3eNaYFXtr6jHTe2%3c%2fadmin_password%3e%3csel ...

Aw, crud, I think I see what I did wrong. I told you to replace the text with 12eMC4Wi9/C9o. That's out of date. It should be NaYFXtr6jHTe2

That still doesn't explain why your new calendar record has a blank password though...

- Lloyd

Ron · Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Lloyd,
I've tried this several more times and regardless of password length, I get the same results; the password field remains blank.
And yes, if I intentionally try to enter a blank password, I get the error message.
I even tried a clean install in another directory. It won't accept the default password of '12345'.

daltonlp · Site Admin Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 1351

Hm, well I'm not giving up Smile

What's the hosting company?

Also, if you want, you can email me your plans.cgi and plans_config.pl files, I'll take a look to see if there's anything there that might cause this.

- Lloyd
daltonlp@gmail.com

Ron · Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

Lloyd,
The hosting is now Verizon Super Pages. And I forwarded the files to your email as requested. Thanks for your help.
Ron