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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=665534620-30042008>></SPAN>How can I set a complete site back to
"Initial passwords" as they are at installation time.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=665534620-30042008>></SPAN>That is: clear all special passwords related
to pages, groups, etc. that have been added by different
users.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>To get rid of page-specific passwords you've got to get rid
of lines in any page-file (wiki.d/MyGroup.MyPage) that start with "passwd" --
i.e., passwdedit=encryptedvalue, passwdread=encryptedvalue,
etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>(I just tried this on a test page and it successfully got
rid of the password -- whether it has other undesired side effects I don't
know.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you are on a linux-based host you could do it on the
command line like this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>(untested)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>$ cd wiki.d</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>$ grep -l '^passwd' * | xargs sed -i
'/^passwd/d'</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>or, if you don't have command line you could do the same
sort of thing with WikiSh in the Control Panel:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>(untested)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>grep -l '^passwd' TEXTFILE--wiki.d/* | while read
fn</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>do</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> grep -v '^passwd' TEXTFILE--${fn}
>TEXTFILE--${fn}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>done</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=362352720-30042008>Either</SPAN><SPAN class=362352720-30042008> of
these are kind of "big" and non-standard automatic edits, so obviously
appropriate care should be taken in backups and etc. ahead of time and
validating the change before accepting it
straight-out.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
would be safer to simply use grep to identify which pages have a page-specific
password and then go in and manually remove them... This could be done
with this MX on any page:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>{(grep
-l '^passwd' TEXTFILE--wiki.d/*)}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
your site is too large to process in one fell swoop you may need to break it
down into groups or something in the wildcard specification.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=362352720-30042008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Peter</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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