MediaWiki version:
1.32
MediaWiki file: deleteLocalPasswords.php
Location: maintenance/
Source code: master 1.40.0 1.39.4 1.35.11
Classes: DeleteLocalPasswords

Details

deleteLocalPasswords.php is a maintenance script that deletes local passwords for users.

This script is important when you merge your current wiki into a wiki farm and want to delete all local passwords from the database. It processes 100 items in every batch.

Options

OptionDescriptionRequired
--userIf specified, only checks the given userOptional
--deleteTo prevent accidents, you must provide this flag to delete passwordsOptional
--prefixInstead of deleting, make passwords invalid by prefixing with :null:. Make sure PasswordConfig has a 'null' entry. This is meant for testing before deletion.Optional
--unprefixInstead of deleting, undo the effect of --prefixOptional

Although the 'delete', 'prefix', and 'unprefix' options are not required, one of them must be used.

Usage

php maintenance/deleteLocalPasswords.php [ --user| --delete| --prefix| --unprefix ]
Terminal
$ php maintenance/deleteLocalPasswords.php --delete

	 ... querying from ''
done. (wrote 4 rows)

See also

  • Manual:$wgPasswordConfig
  • Manual:ChangePassword.php
  • Manual:WrapOldPasswords.php
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