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dkthompson
07-28-2007, 12:13 PM
I have converted an SMF 1.1.3 forum to VB 3.6.8, useing Impex v1.83, everything seems OK, apart from the passwords don't work.

I there any alternative to asking all users to go through the password recovery process, which is a real pain.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks

Dave.
Dismounted
07-28-2007, 12:58 PM
There isn't, as SMF encrypts passwords differently, there's no way for vBulletin to grab them.
dkthompson
07-28-2007, 01:29 PM
There isn't, as SMF encrypts passwords differently, there's no way for vBulletin to grab them.

I thought that would be the case, so please can you give me your advice on the best work around, or should I say most straight forward, so as not to confuse members to much. lol
EnIgMa1234
07-28-2007, 01:31 PM
Ask members to reset their passwords. To do this they must have a working email address
dkthompson
07-28-2007, 01:44 PM
Ask members to reset their passwords. To do this they must have a working email address


yep, I'm going todo that, & redo the import again, as the data is a few days out of date now anyway.


I will just post a link directly to the recover password page then.
King Kovifor
07-28-2007, 01:44 PM
Sadly, resetting passwords is the only way to get users and passwords... Unless you hack vBulletin to use the old passwords, but that would be a really really confusing task and upgrades would be a PITA!
cdi320
07-28-2007, 05:55 PM
i dont understand all this things ...

before i bought vbulletin i thought (i read) an import from smf is compatible

indeed its NO compatible

Let know all users who want to import from smf to vbulletin (or not?):down:
King Kovifor
07-28-2007, 06:44 PM
It is compatible. Every board has a different method of storing and retrieving passwords, meaning you can't possibly expect another board's passwords to work without a change.
Dismounted
07-30-2007, 06:47 AM
i dont understand all this things ...

before i bought vbulletin i thought (i read) an import from smf is compatible

indeed its NO compatible

Let know all users who want to import from smf to vbulletin (or not?):down:
It's compatible because you can import all posts/threads/forums/etc.. Passwords are encrypted differently for each forum software, you can possibly expect passwords to just "change".