what is salt and all

[tester987654]

Hello,
iam trying to import vb database to my custom CMS,
but i found that passwords not working,
later i realised that its basic vb not storing md5 of passwords but its adding some salt to it.

can anyone explain me what is that
and also, now how can i get md5 password of a members, so that i can store that in my user database and people can be logged in happily

hoping for a good reply.
thanks.

[Dismounted]

md5(md5($password . $salt)

$salt is the salt field of the user table. It is different for each user.

[tester987654]

thanks for the help,
now how can i find md5 password of a user,
so that he can be logged into my other cms after i import user database.

thanks.

[WhaLberg]

I recommend you to import users via DataManagers. It auto gives user a salt. But if you run your own query, you have to specify it manually.