Werk #4612: Auth works now with $apr1$ prefixed passwords

Component	User interface
Title	Auth works now with $apr1$ prefixed passwords
Date	May 8, 2017
Level	Trivial Change
Class	Bug Fix
Compatibility	Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions	1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Not yet released Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.5.0i1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 1.4.0b7 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The default encryption algorithm of htpasswd stores passwords in MD5 format. If you take a look at the file it prefixes the password with $apr1$. This format was not handled by the Check_MK GUI. If you set the prefix to $1$ it worked.

The GUI has been changed to be able to work with both formats. Passwords set with this command should now work out of the box:

htpasswd -m $OMD_ROOT/etc/htpasswd [username]

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