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authorJanine Reimann <JReimann@git.local>2016-03-11 18:40:50 +0100
committerJanine Reimann <JReimann@git.local>2016-03-11 18:40:50 +0100
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De-typoed the README somewhat
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index c6c980f..2a5644c 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ We have applied patches and improved over the module hosted on drupal.org.
This version supports secure (salted) SHA-256-crypt and SHA-512-crypt password
storage.
-Pleas be aware that SHA-512-crypt hashes are larger than the 64 bytes the
+Please be aware that SHA-512-crypt hashes are larger than the 64 bytes the
original authors of this module specified. So if you are upgrading from a
-previous version and not re-installing new, please execute the following
-in MySQL:
+previous version and not (re-)installing the module, please execute the
+following in MySQL:
use drupal7; # or whatever your Drupal database is
alter table htpasswdsync_htpasswd modify passwd varchar(128);
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To submit bug reports and feature suggestions, or to track changes:
-- REQUIREMENTS --
-The syncrhonization only happen on password change. Hence, this module shall be
+The synchronization only happen on password change. Hence, this module shall be
installed before any user creation.
You need to run the cron.php job on a regular basis to ensure old users are
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ properly cleaned up.
- htpasswd file
The file that will contain users and password, password are crypted, using
- the standard crypt function, with a random two charaters seed.
+ the standard (insecure) crypt function, with a random two characters seed,
+ or - specific to this version of the module - with SHA-256 or SHA-512
+ salted hashes that are compatible with more modern Linux crypt
+ implementations.
- htgroup file
@@ -59,14 +62,15 @@ properly cleaned up.
- password hashing algorithm
- Let you choose how the password is encrypted/hashed. There are two options
- crypt and SHA-1.
- Crypt works only on Un*x platforms. SHA-1 shall work on bother Windows
- based systems and Un*xes.
+ Let you choose how the password is encrypted/hashed. There are four options
+ crypt and SHA-1 (insecure), SHA-256-crypt (good) and SHA-512-crypt (secure).
+ Crypt works only on Un*x platforms. SHA-1 shall work on both Windows
+ based systems and Un*xes. The SHA-256/512-crypt versions should work on
+ any PHP >= v5.5.
- WARNING: changing this value only change the way new or updated password
+ WARNING: changing this value only changes the way new or updated passwords
are hashed.
- You will need to request you users to all change their password
+ You will need to request your users to all change their password
if you want to migrate from one hash to another.
- roles
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ properly cleaned up.
- overwrite
- Activate if you want to overwrite your htpassword file. I left inactive
+ Activate if you want to overwrite your htpasswd file. I left inactive
htpasswdsync will try its best to keep old entries, but will only try.
-- CUSTOMIZATION --

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