[rt-users] ExternalAuth, local users, and upgrade woes

[Yan Seiner]

That worked!

Interesting....

Any way to remove the mysql password?

On Tue, November 8, 2011 7:31 am, Izz Abdullah wrote:
> I've seen this on our system.  When you move the database and are using
> external authentication, you, at least I am able, to login with either my
> MySQL credentials, or my LDAP credentials.  When modifying / adding users,
> I have to put in my MySQL password for this to work for local users.  I
> would try using the password you used in 3.8.10 installation on the new
> system as the current password to see if that fixes your problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] On Behalf Of Yan Seiner
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:28 AM
> To: rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> Subject: [rt-users] ExternalAuth, local users, and upgrade woes
>
> Yesterday we upgraded our RT instance to 4.0.2.  Before then we were
> running 3.8.10 in production, and 4.0.2 in testing.
>
> We had 4.0.2 set up in testing with ExternalAuth.  That worked well; our
> LDAP users could log in with their credentials.  I could create non-LDAP
> users manually (which is the setup I wanted).
>
> Then we moved the database from the server hosting 3.8.10 to our new 4.0.2
> server.  Everything went well, except that non-LDAP users cannot log in.
> Further, I cannot change their password.
>
> When I try to change their password, I get
>
> Please enter your current password correctly. Password has not been set.
>
> I tried creating a user manually.  Same thing; I can create the user but
> cannot set the password.
>
> This worked fine in the 4.0.2 test but started happening after we moved
> the 3.8.10 database over to 4.0.2.  I did use the procedures in the README
> and otherwise the new installation is working great.
>
> Where do I look?
>
>
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