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Hi there,

I’m sure that the question has already been asked 100x before but I have 2500 users in our current custom CMS that I have to import in EE.

The password is currently encrypted both in MD5 and SHA1 in our databases. I have a SQL query selecting first in SHA1 and “fallbacking” in MD5 if the user is not found.

Is there a similar mechanism in EE?

Thanks!

Pv

Hi, Pv Ledoux.

If EE “sees” an MD5 password, when the user logs in, it is converted to SHA1 automagically. So as long as you have the passwords in either format (or even as ascii text), you’ll be OK with importing.

As always, make sure to backup your database before attempting any sort of import.

Does that help?

Hi Sue,

so, To be sure I understand, if I import my users with mixed MD5 and SHA1 password, I don’t have to be worry?

You shouldn’t have to worry - but I’d test it with a local install and just two passwords.

Ok, great! Thanks a lot Sue!

Best regards,

Pv

Going to go ahead and close this one. If anything else comes up, please do let us know in a new thread..