I should add that the timestamp on the config.db file DID in fact change after I
changed the list admin password, just not the encrypted password itself.
And no error was given when I made the password change.
Are there mailman logs for login attempts? Any other ways to troubleshoot this?
And here's the really weird part... when I log in as the site admin to one of
the lists, and go to change the listadmin pw, if I put in the new password and
put in a DIFFERENT password in the confirm new password field and click Submit
Your Changes, I *do not* get an error... when I should, since the password I
enter and the one I confirm are different. So, why would I not be getting an
error? I should at least be getting an error flagged somewhere. But where?
It's certainly not on the list page, and it is not in the Mailman logs either.
Steve
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>
> Well, I did what you said... I used dumpdb to look at the encrypted password
for
> a list. Then I changed the list admin pw for th list (logged in as the site
> admin), and did a dumpdb again. I get the same encrypted password for the
list
> admin (and therefore, still cannot log in as the admin).
>
> What else can I try?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Passwords of members
> > From: Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Steve Rifkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: Mailman users Mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > Date: 14 Dec 2002 20:36:07 -0500
> > Mime-Version: 1.0
> > X-Keywords:
> >
> > In this version of Mailman the admin password for the list is encrypted,
> > well sort of... If you want to be clever and look at the source you can
> > easily figure this part out.
> >
> > In any case, I've seen this problem before after an upgrade and it seems
> > to be that the encryption has changed. Normally resetting the password
> > via the web-admin works. I don't know why it's not working in your case
> > - unless you upgraded python and didn't re-install Mailman.
> >
> > You might want to use dumpdb to look at the encrypted password, then try
> > to change it via the web admin and use dumpdb to see if it actually
> > changed.
> >
> > Good Luck - Jon Carnes
> >
> > On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 14:24, Steve Rifkin wrote:
> > > Now that we can see the plain-text passwords of members using dumpdb on
the
> > > config.db file, how can we see the specific list admin password for a
given
> > > list? I could see plaintext passwords for the users, but for what looked
> like
> > > the admin, I saw something very different than what the password is set
to.
> > >
> > > A (bogus) example of this: Here are what looks like the admin lines from
> the
> > > config.db dump:
> > >
> > > 'owner': ['[EMAIL PROTECTED]'],
> > > 'password': '=\x2b\x4abH\xgg3\x3n\x5e\x4e\xh_\xb6\xb2\x8n\xqp',
> > > 'passwords': {[EMAIL PROTECTED]': 'sdjlkl',
> > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]': 'nasdat',
> > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]': 'kljlkd',
> > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]': 'jsdafk',
> > > },
> > >
> > > So, the user passwords are pretty clear, but the owner's password is not
> listed
> > > in plain text as to what the password is.
> > >
> > > How do we get that password? If I had that info, I could check to see why
> we
> > > are able to log into our mm site with the site-wide password or the user
> > > (subscriber) passwords, but *not* the list admin's password. (for mm
> 2.0.13)
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Steve
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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