[Moin-user] email lost password sends password in encrypted form

[Nigel Metheringham]

On 31 Jan 2007, at 20:22, Ted Stern wrote:
> I can guess that the SHA means that password is encrypted using the
> sha python module.  So how do I set things up so the password is
> decrypted for the user?  It is unusable as it stands.

SHA1 is a one way hash function.  So you cannot decrypt it.  Moin
stores password hashes, not passwords, so cannot inform you of the
original pasdword.

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