Talk:IT Development/Progress meetings/18 April 2013/WMUK Migration Report: Difference between revisions
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I don't know why this is an issue. Is it that the WMF would simply not allow such information to be released? I often move wikis from one server to a another (doing a series of moves currently, in fact), and the mysql dump and restore of all files in Mediawiki will bring the passwords along with everything else. [[User:LoopZilla|Gordo]] ([[User talk:LoopZilla|talk]]) 09:45, 12 April 2013 (UTC) | I don't know why this is an issue. Is it that the WMF would simply not allow such information to be released? I often move wikis from one server to a another (doing a series of moves currently, in fact), and the mysql dump and restore of all files in Mediawiki will bring the passwords along with everything else. [[User:LoopZilla|Gordo]] ([[User talk:LoopZilla|talk]]) 09:45, 12 April 2013 (UTC) | ||
: Just had a look at the public SQL dumps and the table "USER" is missing. [[User:LoopZilla|Gordo]] ([[User talk:LoopZilla|talk]]) 09:46, 12 April 2013 (UTC) | |||
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Passwords
The migration of accounts is a concern, as we don't want people to lose access. It is unlikely we will be provided password hashes or email addresses by the Foundation, so we need a method for people to recover their accounts.
I don't know why this is an issue. Is it that the WMF would simply not allow such information to be released? I often move wikis from one server to a another (doing a series of moves currently, in fact), and the mysql dump and restore of all files in Mediawiki will bring the passwords along with everything else. Gordo (talk) 09:45, 12 April 2013 (UTC)