SMF Converter

[CnCNet]

Hi guys,

Couple of questions.

1. Does anyone know if the SMF converter updates the password hashes? We're going to be looking at moving from SMF to IPB (hopefully this weekend). 
   I'm hoping we don't have to send out emails to let people reset their passwords?
2. Right now we have emails disabled as it exposes the server origin in the email headers. Has anyone else had a similar problem in having to hide their server origin, and how did you resolve it?  (Asked here instead)

[GriefCode]

Hey,

3 minutes ago, Grant B said:

1. Does anyone know if the SMF converter updates the password hashes? We're going to be looking at moving from SMF to IPB (hopefully this weekend). 
   I'm hoping we don't have to send out emails to let people reset their passwords?

Yes, in most cases. Taken info from this page:
https://invisionpower.com/services/migrate

 

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Will user passwords work after the conversion?

In most cases yes, users will be able to log in normally once the conversion is complete. Where this isn't possible, users will be prompted to set a new password on their first login.

Greetings

 

[TSP]

Obviously, unless passwords have been stored in plaintext, the password cannot be "converted" during the upgrade process itself. 

The way this works is that it keeps the hash stored from the other service until the first successful login. The converter then have a custom login handler that validates the password in the same manner that SMF would do (if the IPS password check for that user fails), if the SMF-check returns successful, it will transform the plain text (delivered from the login form) into an IPS compatible hash and then it will delete the SMF hash.