On 3/5/06, Manuel Schmitt (manitu) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > is there a reason that the unknown passwords can't simply be reset?
>
> yes, because not all clients are currently known and resetting them
> would possibly break the application(s)

I am not pretty sure, but MySQL use to send encrypted passwords to the
server, so, you'll never ever be able to really "see" the passwords.
MySQL uses "one-way" ecryption, that means, if you've lost it, its
gone. There's no way to find the characteres that generated that
encrypted code.

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