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UPGRADE_SYMPA_PASSWORD(1)        sympa 6.2.11        UPGRADE_SYMPA_PASSWORD(1)

NAME
       upgrade_sympa_password, upgrade_sympa_password.pl - Upgrading password
       in database

DESCRIPTION
       Version later than 5.4 uses MD5 hash instead of symetric encryption to
       store password.

       This require to rewrite paassword in database. This upgrade IS NOT
       REVERSIBLE.

HISTORY
       As of Sympa 3.1b.7, passwords may be stored into user table with
       encrypted form by reversible RC4.

       Sympa 5.4 or later uses MD5 one-way hash function to encode user
       passwords.

6.2.11                            2016-02-18         UPGRADE_SYMPA_PASSWORD(1)