Add support for local password comparison in sql_authentication.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/data/modules.example.conf b/data/modules.example.conf
index a242c0a6d..58c167c86 100644
--- a/data/modules.example.conf
+++ b/data/modules.example.conf
@@ -671,6 +671,23 @@ module
 	query = "SELECT `email_addr` AS `email` FROM `my_users` WHERE `username` = @a@ AND `password` = MD5(CONCAT('salt', @p@))"
 
 	/*
+	 * If your database uses a password hashing algorithm that can not be compared using a simple
+	 * comparison function then you can specify it here to compare locally.
+	 *
+	 * You will need to have the appropriate encryption module (e.g. enc_bcrypt) loaded in order
+	 * for this to work.
+	 */
+	#password_hash = "bcrypt"
+
+	/*
+	 * If using the password_hash field (above) you will need to specify the name of the field to
+	 * fetch the password from.
+	 *
+	 * Defaults to "password" if not set.
+	 */
+	#password_field = "password"
+
+	/*
 	 * If set, the reason to give the users who try to "/msg NickServ REGISTER".
 	 * If not set, then registration is not blocked.
 	 */