UPGRADE_SYMPA_PASSWORD(1)

NAME
upgrade_sympa_password, upgrade_sympa_password.pl - Upgrading password in database

DESCRIPTION
Version later than 5.4 uses MD5 hash instead of symetric encryption to store password.

This require to rewrite paassword in database. This upgrade IS NOT REVERSIBLE.

HISTORY
As of Sympa 3.1b.7, passwords may be stored into user table with encrypted form by reversible RC4.

Sympa 5.4 or later uses MD5 one-way hash function to encode user passwords.