Phpass Topic is solved

[rb1jlo]

Hello,
When updating my site from 4.3.4 to 4.4, I get the error "Extend phpass is not installed" (See attachment).
I don't know how to install Phpass in order to suppress the error.
Thank you for your help.

[ceford]

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[rb1jlo]

Thank you for your answer.
See new attachment

[ceford]

Did the update actually work?

The error seems to be something to do with the password hash library. Use a file browser to look for administrator/manifests/libraries/phpass.xml. Does it exist? Does it contain the following:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<extension type="library" method="upgrade">
	<name>lib_phpass</name>
	<libraryname>phpass</libraryname>
	<description>LIB_PHPASS_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
	<creationDate>2004-01</creationDate>
	<author>Solar Designer</author>
	<authorEmail>[email protected]</authorEmail>
	<authorUrl>https://www.openwall.com/phpass/</authorUrl>
	<license>PD / GWC</license>
	<version>0.3</version>
	<packagerurl>https://www.openwall.com/phpass/</packagerurl>

	<files folder="phpass">
		<file>PasswordHash.php</file>
	</files>
</extension>

Try creating a new user with a new password and see if you can login as that user. To be honest - I don't know what might have gone wrong. I suggest you carry on unless other problems emerge.

[rb1jlo]

Thank you very much for your answer.
On my site, I have exactly the same file with the same content
I can create a new user and I can login as that user.
It is strange because I manage other similar sites and this error doesn't appair.

[rb1jlo]

Hello :
Since Joomla 4.4 and with Joomla 5,
on 5 sites, after updating :
- 1 site : no error
- 3 sites : Extension phpass not installed
- 1 site : a lot of extensions not installed (Com_ajax, Com_Containhistory, Com_finder, Com_postinstall, com_phpass,mod_finder, mod_tags_similar, mod_stats_admin, plg_authentication_cookies...)
but all the sites work correctly
Am I alone with this problem ?
Thank you.

[ceford]

Delete this file: administrator/cache/autoload_psr4.php - it will be recreated on your next page load. What does that do? You could try a reinstall of Joomla Core Files. Or you could just forget this problem until an error turns up in use.

[Wendy D]

I FOUND THE FIX for this annoying phpass recurring issue! Working solution was on an older Joomla 3 thread.

PHPass fixed by editing the Joomla database as follows:

Locate the [prefix]_extensions table.
Locate phpass in the table.
Edit as follows:
enabled=1
protected=1
state=0

My state was -1, which was the issue causing phpass warnings to occur during Joomla updates, as well as why phpass was listed under Discover but could never be installed because the name matched a folder name.

[umbrellax2]

Thank you, Wendy D! This solved my issue on a big client site. I had the exact same settings in the database, changed to your settings and fixed the Discover issue and also allowed me to reinstall core 4.4 files.

Kudos on the fix!

[umbrellax2]

Ugh, sorry - it *didn't* fix the install core files - I'm getting this:

Notice The update completed with errors. Please examine the update logs /home/khc/public_html/administrator/logs/joomla_update.php for more details.
It is recommended to restore the site from backup, fix the issues that caused the update failure and try to update again.
You always can ask for help on Joomla! forum https://forum.joomla.org/
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Brief list of captured errors
Error on updating manifest cache: (type, element, folder, client) = (library, phpass, phpass, 0)