[SOLVED] How to generate Cookie Key?

[Global Attribute AB]

Hi!

I've been so stupid I deleted my settings.ini.php file by misstake.

I've tried to setup a new one but I don't know how to generate a cookie key.


This is my settings.ini.php:

<?php

define(’PS_BASE_URI‘, ‘/’);
define(’THEME_NAME‘, ‘Silver’);
define(’DB_NAME‘, ‘dbname’);
define(’DB_SERVER‘, ‘dbserver’);
define(’DB_USER‘, ‘dbuser’);
define(’DB_PREFIX‘, ‘ps_’);
define(’DB_PASSWD‘, ‘dbpassword’);
define(’DB_TYPE‘, ‘MySQL’);
define(’COOKIE_KEY‘, ‘???????’);
define(’COOKIE_IV‘, ‘cookie_iv’);
define(’PS_VERSION‘, ’1.3.2.3’);

?>

I really need some fast help.

The website is: www.attribute.se (for now it's blank).


Thanks in advance!

[rocky]

It's the following code on lines 48-49 of install/xml/createDB.php that creates the cookie key and IV:

array('_COOKIE_KEY_', Tools::passwdGen(56)),
array('_COOKIE_IV_', Tools::passwdGen(8)),

It just generates a random 56-letter key for the cookie key and a 8-letter IV both made up of uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers. You could easily create them yourself, but note that changing these values will cause all your existing passwords to stop working, so you will need to recreate your password using the new cookie key. See here for how to do that.

[Global Attribute AB]

Thank you very much Rocky!

You're the best =)

[davers44]

Just for my knowledge,

 

does that apply to rijndael key too and also customers will loose all password if such keys are lost?

 

Last doubt, if somone get the keys can get to my passwords?

If so I should copy them in a safe place.

 

Thanks