Auth External Database Release Notes

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• Added more data mappings:
  • maildigest
  • autosubscribe
  • trackforums
  • password
• Implemented the cron method.
• Added unlimited execution time for auth/db/auth_db_sync_users.php
• New settings when Password format is set to internal:
  • 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's email address in the external datbase.
  • 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.
  • 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
• Performance improvements:
  • With original code, attempted to create 100,000 users and execution was terminated after waiting for a long time (hour or more).
  • With the new code, created 20,000 users in 36 seconds and 100,000 users in 188 seconds.