how_to:change_admin_password_salted
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| - | This entry is because a few people, judging from some requests in the support forum, have had trouble converting their GetSimple installation from unsalted to salted logins. This entry will hopefully form a base topic to which we can point future requests. | + | This entry is because a few people seem to have had some trouble converting their GetSimple installation from unsalted to salted logins. This entry will hopefully form a base topic to which we can point future requests. |
| Since you are switching from unsalted to salted, a process that assumes you are a bit knowledgeable about admininistration, I'm going to assume you know what FTP is, what a shell is, and what ''[[config:gsconfig|gsconfig.php]]'' does. | Since you are switching from unsalted to salted, a process that assumes you are a bit knowledgeable about admininistration, I'm going to assume you know what FTP is, what a shell is, and what ''[[config:gsconfig|gsconfig.php]]'' does. | ||
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| You can get a salt generated for you from GetSimple's API [[http://get-simple.info/api/security/|here]], which is probably the easiest way. Refresh the page a few times until you get a salt that looks completely random. Notice that the page shows //two// salts, one for logins and one for your custom salt for cookies and uploads. Here is an example output:\\ | You can get a salt generated for you from GetSimple's API [[http://get-simple.info/api/security/|here]], which is probably the easiest way. Refresh the page a few times until you get a salt that looks completely random. Notice that the page shows //two// salts, one for logins and one for your custom salt for cookies and uploads. Here is an example output:\\ | ||
| - | <html><code>define('GSLOGINSALT', 'w7M%_G%CZrBjxMfdBNHhqfKZ7O7%lc_0fJ5k-CE4TjJBZxUayc^ODiv');<br />define('GSUSECUSTOMSALT', '-N0iquC47bueHs9YAyMBF6w=ny1WiTJnFcckR K~iW^s9IMy1cD^nUS');</code></html> | + | ''define('GSLOGINSALT', 'w7M%_G%CZrBjxMfdBNHhqfKZ7O7%lc_0fJ5k-CE4TjJBZxUayc^ODiv');\\ |
| + | define('GSUSECUSTOMSALT', '-N0iquC47bueHs9YAyMBF6w=ny1WiTJnFcckR K~iW^s9IMy1cD^nUS'); | ||
| + | '' | ||
| ==== Add the lines ==== | ==== Add the lines ==== | ||
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| Add (or uncomment the existing lines) to gsconfig.php:\\ | Add (or uncomment the existing lines) to gsconfig.php:\\ | ||
| ''define('GSLOGINSALT', ' .... your salt ... ');''\\ | ''define('GSLOGINSALT', ' .... your salt ... ');''\\ | ||
| - | and if you want \\ | ||
| - | ''define('GSUSECUSTOMSALT', ' ... your other salt ... ');''\\ | ||
| You have now added a salt that GetSimple will use when generating the login password token. | You have now added a salt that GetSimple will use when generating the login password token. | ||
| Upload gsconfig.php to your installation. | Upload gsconfig.php to your installation. | ||
| + | |||
| + | If you want a custom cookie salt, you can change the following, DO NOT CHANGE THIS AT THE SAME TIME AS GSLOGINSALT \\ | ||
| + | ''define('GSUSECUSTOMSALT', ' ... your other salt ... ');''\\ | ||
| ==== Step Three: Change admin password ==== | ==== Step Three: Change admin password ==== | ||
how_to/change_admin_password_salted.txt · Last modified: 2016/07/01 13:19 by shawn_a
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