"password too short" on vbulletin import due to migratepasssword plugin

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pfaffman is experiencing issues with a vBulletin import due to the password too short error. The error occurs when importing users with passwords that are too short, despite the importer not trying to create a real Discourse password. pfaffman temporarily modified the base.rb file to bypass the error, but is seeking a more permanent solution.

Further investigation revealed that the issue is caused by the migratepassword plugin, as discussed here. pfaffman suggests disabling the plugin during migration, as it’s not necessary during this process.

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I’m running a vbulletin import. I’ve got a few users that are failing because the password is too short. I’m confused beacuse though the vbulletin importer does do this:

   password = [user["password"].presence, user["salt"].presence].compact.join(":")

That shouldn’t be trying to create a real Discourse password, should it?

For now I’ve modified base.rb to not raise an error if the user isn’t created. Hopefully these aren’t important members. :wink:

Here’s the record causing the error:


Error on record: {:id=>46237, :name=>"ValidName", :username=>"ValidName", :password=>"ba3a7d6fd01adb600a8c57894931f4b6:PCmoKyv_pF-D}bXomgB+ugN[??70Sk", :email=>"wahtever@yahoo.com.ar", :merge=>true, :website=>"", :title=>"Amateur", :primary_group_id=>42, :created_at=>Tue, 30 Apr 2014 21:57:51 UTC +00:00, :last_seen_at=>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 UTC +00:00, :post_create_action=>#<Proc:0x00005653d822c2c0@script/import_scripts/vbulletin.rb:181>}

It’d be great if I could figure out how to catch these and “fix” the password. I just can’t tell what’s wrong, though.

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It turns out that it’s due to the migratepassword plugin as discussed here: