:: 06-Apr-1999 12:45 (Tuesday) ::
One down, about a zillion to go…
OK, I’ve figured out what the deal is with the password mailer. When the
password mailer is run, it emails you your password. If you have never had a
password, the mailer first assigns a random password and then mails it to you.
Due to a typo in the code, the mailer was assigning nine character passwords,
yet the database is only set up to store eight characters. So it would mail
you a password with an extra character on the end.
If you re-run the password mailer is will send you the correct, eight-character
password. However I’ve also added code to the authentication routine that will
just arbitrarily trim any password you supply to eight characters, which should
just invisibly correct the problem.
Also, I am aware of the fact that team joins aren’t properly handling
historical blocks. I’ll post more to my plan as I figure out what’s happening.