[support] How does Drupal generate the stored password

[prothero]

Even more:
My shockwave movie needs to have access to the user ID of the Drupal  
logged in user. So, I will need to somehow get the user ID into the  
shockwave movie. Looks like I may be in for some coding, as I don't  
see a way to do this with a module. The only other way is to have two  
separate login systems, and that seems cumbersome for the users.
Bill

William A. Prothero
http://earthednet.org/



On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:18 PM, prothero wrote:

> More:
> What I want to do is create the md5 hashed password outside of  
> Drupal, using the values in the 'users' table. This would,  
> presumably, include the username, email, and password.
>
> If this is a dangerous thing to do re corruption of my Drupal site,  
> I'd be interested in hearing about it, too.
>
> What I'm trying to do is integrate a shockwave movie into my Drupal  
> site. I know there are other strategies, but I have a login system  
> in my shockwave movie and will have to generate an md5 has to  
> compare with the Drupal stored hash. Alternatively, I could put my  
> shockwave content on a Drupal node that is only available to  
> authenticated users, and skip the login. As I think about it, that  
> seems a better approach. Then Drupal does a bunch of management that  
> I don't need to do in Shockwave.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
> William A. Prothero
> http://earthednet.org/
>
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:39 PM, prothero wrote:
>
>> I am going to manipulate the Drupal users table externally. I know  
>> that the password in Drupal 6 is generated as an md5 hash, but I'm  
>> wondering what the input to the md5 function is. Obviously, it  
>> includes the password, but what else?
>> Tnx,
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> William A. Prothero
>> http://earthednet.org/
>>
>>
>>
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