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<p>New page: * Added more data mappings: ** maildigest ** autosubscribe ** trackforums ** password * Implemented the cron method. * Added unlimited execution time for auth/db/auth_db_sync_users.php * N...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* Added more data mappings:<br /> ** maildigest<br /> ** autosubscribe<br /> ** trackforums<br /> ** password<br /> * Implemented the cron method.<br /> * Added unlimited execution time for auth/db/auth_db_sync_users.php<br /> * New settings when Password format is set to internal:<br /> ** Create Unique Password: If the password type is set to internal then this setting determines if a unique password is created and emailed to the user&#039;s email address in the external datbase.<br /> ** Only Change this Password: Adding a value to this field causes moodle to only create a password for those users that have their password set to the value. For example changeme will cause all users with the password changeme to have a unique password created and emailed to them. Leave this blank if you want to change all users password when their acocunt is first created.<br /> ** Force Password Change: If the password type is set to internal then this setting determines if the user is forced to change their password on their first login<br /> * Performance improvements:<br /> ** With original code, attempted to create 100,000 users and execution was terminated after waiting for a long time (hour or more).<br /> ** With the new code, created 20,000 users in 36 seconds and 100,000 users in 188 seconds.</div>

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