Authentication

I've came up with a solution to my problem, but I had to change just one line of the Moodle's code, something I was trying to avoid. I've tried the "Format password" to "Crypt one-way hashing" option, but no success.

CakePHP on my server is hashing the password this way:

$string = $salt_key . $password;

sha1($string);

So in Moodle authentication with "External Database" I've changed the file /path/to/moodle/auth/db/auth.php and added the following:

// I've just add this line:

// $extpassword = '<your_salt_key_here>' . $extpassword;

if ($this->config->passtype === 'plaintext') {

    return ($fromdb == $extpassword);

} else if ($this->config->passtype === 'md5') {

    return (strtolower($fromdb) == md5($extpassword));

} else if ($this->config->passtype === 'sha1') {

    $extpassword = '<your_salt_key_here>' . $extpassword; // Add this line

    return (strtolower($fromdb) == sha1($extpassword));

} else if ($this->config->passtype === 'saltedcrypt') {

    require_once($CFG->libdir.'/password_compat/lib/password.php');

    return password_verify($extpassword, $fromdb);

} else {

    return false;

}