I set up an eggdrop for a mate on his computer who is new to eggdrops and planned to show him how to use it. He set his password, but now he cannot remember what it is. Is there any easier way he could regain it without changing the bot.user file?
I have tried removing him, but he is a perminent owner, so the bot just chucks back a "Cannot change password of a perminent owner" message back at me.
Cheers,
Dub
Password Regain
Edit the config file, and remove him from the owner setting.
Rehash the bot and change his password. After saving the userfile, you can place him pack in the config file.
Passwords work in a simple way.
When you set a password, it in encrypted. This encrypted version is stored.
When you need to use a command with a password, the bot will encrypt the password send, and match it against the one in the userfile.
IE, it matches the two encrypted pieces of text.
As it uses a one way encryption, you can't decrypt it.
As such, you can only change it using commands provided (after disabling settings if needed), or to brute force crack it.
Brute force decryption is not an easy task, and it involved chekcing every combination possible. Tis can take years.
Rehash the bot and change his password. After saving the userfile, you can place him pack in the config file.
Passwords work in a simple way.
When you set a password, it in encrypted. This encrypted version is stored.
When you need to use a command with a password, the bot will encrypt the password send, and match it against the one in the userfile.
IE, it matches the two encrypted pieces of text.
As it uses a one way encryption, you can't decrypt it.
As such, you can only change it using commands provided (after disabling settings if needed), or to brute force crack it.
Brute force decryption is not an easy task, and it involved chekcing every combination possible. Tis can take years.
