[wp-testers] wp 2.5.rc1 causes passwords to break on pre 2.5 releases using shared user table

[Ryan Boren]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Ryan Boren <ryan at boren.nu> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Ryan Boren <ryan at boren.nu> wrote:
>  > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Austin Matzko <if.website at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Jeff Sherk Forerunner Ministries
>  >  >  <jeff at forerunnertv.com> wrote:
>  >  >  >  Anybody know why it's doing this?
>  >  >
>  >  >  Yes, the password authentication has changed for WordPress 2.5 to
>  >  >  improve security.
>  >
>  >  The hash functions are pluggable so a plugin can force use of the old
>  >  MD5 hashes.  I think someone already wrote such a plugin, but I can't
>  >  find it.  I can write one if their isn't one out there.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/md5-password-hashes/

If your hash has already been updated to the new hashing style, log
out and log back in after activating the plugin to get the md5 hash
back.

Ryan