Passwords and base64

[SimonF]

$password  = isset($cfg['PASSWORD'])  ? htmlspecialchars($cfg['PASSWORD'])  : '';


$netopts = ($netsvc === 'enable') ? '--always-prefix -h '.escapeshellarg($ipaddr).' -u '.escapeshellarg($user).' -p '. escapeshellarg(base64_decode($password))." --session-timeout=5000 --retransmission-timeout=1000" : '';

This code in ipmi plugin is failing on RC4, maybe other 6.10RCs Works fine on 6.9.2 any idea on what would need to be change for it to work on 6.10? what should this be replace with? base64_decode($password)

 

[SimonF]

fix is to remove the base64_decode but why would that change from 6.9.2 to 6.10RC4?

[Squid]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23088725/base64-decode-produces-a-string-containing-null-characters

 

ie: remove the null characters and see if it works

[SimonF]

30 minutes ago, Squid said:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23088725/base64-decode-produces-a-string-containing-null-characters

 

ie: remove the null characters and see if it works

Thanks will see if I can understand why it would change from 6.9.2 to 6.10 removing base64_decode( fixes the issue, but dont understand why.

[SimonF]

HI @bonienl did update.php use to store passwords as base64 in config files?