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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think Bob is the best source for this. I have some R scripts but the
generated password is not always correct due to peculiar methods which
spring uses to encrypt the passwords which elude me.

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On Mar 20, 2014 5:46 PM, "Knut Staring" <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here are some documents that Randy Wilson shared on the list - though they
> state for  "Hashpassword: we have not yet found a quicker way to do this
> than to send the excel file to Bob Jolliffe or Knut Staring (HISP).  There
> is a special algorithm they use to create the MD5 hash password, combining
> the username and the assigned text password." Unfortunately I don't
> remember exactly how I used to do it...would be good if you share a how to
> when you figure it out...
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Jason Pickering <
> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kenneth,
>>
>> You must look at the source code of DHIS2 and Spring in order to
>> understand it. It is not a simple hash, but a salted hash depending on the
>> username and password together. This has been previously discussed on this
>> list, but it is most clear by analyzing the source code.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Kenneth Børtveit <
>> kenneth.bortveit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I am trying to generate passwords to almost 45,000 users in Rwanda.
>>> There is no problem in generating a random sequence of characters, the
>>> problem is storing it in a database.
>>>
>>> The password is stored as a hash, but I don't know which hash function
>>> to use.
>>>
>>> Could anybody assist?
>>>
>>> -Kenneth
>>>
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