Re: Drupal 7 as authentication source
by Ryan Foster. Drupal 7's default hash uses SHA-512. It also uses a per user salt and multiple iterations of hashing.
View ArticleExternal DB Auth.
by DJ Smith. Hi everyone, I'm new to Moodle & my problem may be due to not knowing Moodle. I am attempting to authenticate users using an external mysql DB. My problem is the password. I have...
View ArticleRe: External DB Auth.
by Rik Strobbe. If you have the password hashed in the external DB you need to let Moodle know inSettings ► Site administration ► Plugins ► Authentication ► External databaseSelect the hash you want...
View Articleexternal database info in more than 1 table
by Rik Strobbe. Hi all,I want to use external DB authentication, where the user information (username, password, name, email address, etc...) is scattered over several tables that have no common...
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by DJ Smith. Thanks for the reply Rik. That's the issue I'm having, I have set it in External database for MD5 & then tried SHA1 & neither work. It only works in plain text. It's totally...
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by Rik Strobbe. Strange ... passwords in MD5 hash works fine with me (although using an older version of Moodle - 2.2) Rik
View ArticleRe: external database info in more than 1 table
by Tim Hunt. I don't know the answer to your question, but is there an alternative? Add a view in the other database, which merges all the data from the various tables into one view that Moodle can...
View ArticleRe: External DB Auth.
by DJ Smith. Well, the strangest thing just happened. For giggles, I thought I would just try to login using my test user again, & it worked. I can't explain it. I didn't change anything so my...
View ArticleRe: external database info in more than 1 table
by Rik Strobbe. I just gave it a try and solved it myself:in the file auth.php (in moodle -> ath -> db) I had to add 2...
View ArticleCannot read session record
by Jonas Asa.. Hi.After a database migration I am getting the following message in the apache logs:[Sat Apr 12 22:20:16 2014] [error] [client clientIP] Cannot read session record, referer:...
View ArticleRe: Edit profile screen when new user logs in for first time
by Parvendra Singh. Hi, I am using LDAP server for authenticating and updating the required fields in moodle.user table. also ,when edit profile page is displayed it shows all fiedls filled, so why it...
View ArticleRe: Trying to use Moodle to sign on to other website...
by Oliver Jackson. One way I do this is to use the URL resource.It has a configurable set of parameters within the "URL Variables" section which can be added to the URL as POST data. One of these is...
View ArticleFirst Time Setup: LDAP Error
by Jonathan Mall. Hello Everyone,First time Moodle user so hopefully you guys can enlighten me currently and in the future. I am setting up LDAP Authentication for a school district my company...
View ArticleAD Passwords and Google SSO
by Matt Johnson. Moodle Version: Moodle 2.6.2+ (Build: 20140403)PHP Version: 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11Hello,So sad to say when I took over here the school did not have a password policy in place for changing...
View Articleredirect to course page in moodle 2.6
by debashis ray. I am new to Moodle.I am using Moodle 2.6.1 .My Moodle site is http://mydomain.com/moodle. My alternate Moodle login page is in mydomain.com.All courses in moodle are displayed in...
View ArticleRe: AD Passwords and Google SSO
by Oliver Jackson. I haven't done anything with Moodle to Google SSO but I do sync AD password changes to Google using Google's GAPS (Google Apps Pasword Sync). It's a service installed on domain...
View ArticleRe: Newbie question about moodle avatars
by Drew Buddie. Hi - I have FINALLY moved on from Moodle 1.9 to 2.6 as a result of the brilliant time I had at the Moot in Edinburgh. Is there anyway to have a bulk upload of avatars that any user can...
View ArticleRe: AD Passwords and Google SSO
by Matt Johnson. http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Google_Apps_IntegrationThe plugins provided from that link imported directly into Moodle.There is a section on Google User Sync but my weak understanding...
View ArticleRe: AD Passwords and Google SSO
by Rob Johnson. The way the sync functions is if a user is created/deleted in Moodle, the same happens in Google Apps. It does not base Moodle accounts on Google accounts.
View ArticleRe: AD Passwords and Google SSO
by Oliver Jackson. Their Google password will only change when the AD password updates so if they never change their password it will never happen. This should kind of give you a way to allow them to...
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