How to configure security.yml

Question

I've a problem with my security.yml using Symfony 2.

This is the content of my file :

security:
 encoders:
    MOD\UserBundle\Entity\User:
        algorithm: sha512
        iterations: 1
        encode_as_base64: false

role_hierarchy:
    #[...]

providers:
    user_db:
        entity:
            class: MOD\UserBundle\Entity\User
            property: username

firewalls:
    dev:
        pattern:  ^/(_(profiler|wdt)|css|images|js)/
        security: false

    login:
        pattern: ^/user/login$
        anonymous: true

    main:
        pattern: ^/
        anonymous: false
        provider: user_db
        form_login:
            login_path: user_login
            check_path: user_check
        logout:
            path: user_logout
            target: /user/login

I have an entity called User, with fields : id, email, username, password, salt, roles

When I try to log me on from /user/login the result is always the same : "Bad credentials".

Is there a way to check what happened on user_check request? Or any apparent mis-configuration in the security.yml ?

This is what I get in app/logs/dev.log :

[2014-02-09 21:35:27] doctrine.DEBUG: SELECT t0.id AS id1, t0.username AS username2, t0.password AS password3, t0.salt AS salt4, t0.email AS email5, t0.roles AS roles6 FROM User t0 WHERE t0.username = ? LIMIT 1 ["Maxime"] []
[2014-02-09 21:35:27] security.INFO: Authentication request failed: Bad credentials [] []

In my databse I have just one user with the username : Maxime

Answer 1

I definitely solved my problem. I change security.yml like that :

encoders:
        MOD\UserBundle\Entity\User:
            algorithm: sha512
            iterations: 1
            encode_as_base64: true

And I save the password hashed with sha512 and base64 encoded.

It works !

Answer 2

Thanks zizoujab. Since you asked me many questions about the password and the way to store this one in my DB I've finaly replace sha512 by plaintext in my security.yml. Then I try to logged me in with : maxime / C7AD44CBAD762A5DA0A452F9E854FDC1E0E7A52A38015F23F3EAB1D80B931DD472634DFAC71CD34‌​EBC35D16AB7FB8A90C81F975113D6C7538DC69DD8DE9077EC And it works.