[Koha-bugs] [Bug 23473] New: Allow passwords to be imported/overwritten using the patron import tool

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=23473

            Bug ID: 23473
           Summary: Allow passwords to be imported/overwritten using the
                    patron import tool
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           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Command-line Utilities
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: wizzyrea at gmail.com
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: robin at catalyst.net.nz

Scenario:

A library would like to import/overwrite all patrons with their passwords from
another centralised system. Currently they cannot do this and overwrite the
passwords, because Koha assumes that the passwords are coming in already hashed
and thus should not be overwritten.

It would be good to optionally allow the UI patron import tool and command line
importer to overwrite user passwords.




Personal note: 

I want to make it clear that I am personally aware of the user experience
ramifications of unexpectedly changing a password on a user - it's not a nice
thing to do to users. I know that there could be situations where the user has
changed the password, or requested such a change, and then that user's explicit
choice gets overwritten by this process. This bug is only meant to allow
functionality that libraries are currently, or have in the past, done. This
feature should 100% be optional, by tickbox in the UI and flag on the command
line importer.

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