Am 14.04.2013 04:10, schrieb David Murphy:
> Hi folks. I've recently set up a Postfix 2.9.6/Dovecot 2.0.19 IMAPS/SMTPS
> setup on Ubuntu 12.04.2 (Mysql backend). I'm new to all this, so I apologize
> if this is fairly basic. I've attempted to the best of my ability to search
> for an answer, but no luck so far.
>
> What I'm trying to do is generate a password hash that I can inject directly
> into my Mysql database (disaster recovery sort of situation). Towards that
> goal, I'm trying to use 'doveadm pw' to generate a hash that matches a known
> password in my database. Unfortunately, I'm coming up empty.
>
> My default_pass_scheme in dovecot-sql.conf is set to MD5-CRYPT, and the
> passwords in the database have no scheme prefixes. I'm attempting to generate
> a hash with:
>
> sudo doveadm pw -s 'MD5-CRYPT'
>
> but the hash generated does not match the user's password hash in the
> database, which is known to be a good password.
*-CRYPT hashes are salted. Hence it is intended, that hashes differ.
$ doveadm pw -s 'MD5-CRYPT' -p test
{MD5-CRYPT}$1$s3UfgF6q$YRupP9GlEcaU5CYUOfkFl0
$ doveadm pw -s 'MD5-CRYPT' -p test
{MD5-CRYPT}$1$yVZQVf8U$aaguS/rkQOJXu29V76nUl/
> I've also tried using the -p flag and including the password in the command,
> and that doesn't do it either, though it oddly gives a different response
> than using the prompt. (What causes this? Newlines?)
I don't understand what you are trying to say here...
- René
